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torch
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P. and V. λαμπά̆ς, ἡ, Ar. and P. δᾷς, ἡ, V. δᾱλός, ὁ, πᾱνός, ὁ (rare Aesch. Ag. 284; Eur. Rhes. 988), πεύκη, ἡ, πύρσος, ὁ, λαμπτήρ, ὁ.
Bear a torch, v.: V. δᾳδουχεῖν, πυρφορεῖν.
Torch-light procession: P. λαμπά̆ς, ἡ (Plat. Rep. 328a), V. φᾰναί, αἱ (Eur. Rhes. 943; Ion 550).
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P. and V. λαμπά̆ς, ἡ, Ar. and P. δᾷς, ἡ, V. δᾱλός, ὁ, πᾱνός, ὁ (rare Aesch. Ag. 284; Eur. Rhes. 988), πεύκη, ἡ, πύρσος, ὁ, λαμπτήρ, ὁ.
Bear a torch, v.: V. δᾳδουχεῖν, πυρφορεῖν.
Torch-light procession: P. λαμπά̆ς, ἡ (Plat. Rep. 328a), V. φᾰναί, αἱ (Eur. Rhes. 943; Ion 550).
TORCH
fax (of wood covered with a combustible material as fat oil wax; especially a burning torch): taeda (a piece of pine or other resinous wood which serves for giving a light): funale (of tow covered with a combustible material). A small torch facula: burning torchs faces or taedae ardentes; faces collucentes (as giving light): to wave a torch facem concutere: to light a torch faces ex ignibus inflammare.
fax (of wood covered with a combustible material as fat oil wax; especially a burning torch): taeda (a piece of pine or other resinous wood which serves for giving a light): funale (of tow covered with a combustible material). A small torch facula: burning torchs faces or taedae ardentes; faces collucentes (as giving light): to wave a torch facem concutere: to light a torch faces ex ignibus inflammare.
torch:
1. fax, făcis, f. (a piece of dry wood, covered with inflammable material, for lighting fires, etc.): to point t.s (making them of tapering pieces of wood), f. inspicare, Virg. G. 1, 292: nuptial t.s, f. nuptiales, Cic. Clu. 6, 15: Hor.: Virg. See alsoFIRE-BRAND .
2. taeda (a t. of pine-wood): to fire anything by means of t.s, taedâ [collect.] aliquid incendere, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: the blazing t.s of the Furies, t. ardentes Furiarum, Cic. Pis. 20, 46: also nuptial t.s, Ov. M. 4, 758.
3. fūnāle, is, n. (a kind of t. made of tow or cord covered with fat or wax): Cic. Sen. 13, 44: (in relating the same story, Val. Max. 3, 6, 4, has cereus funalis m.): Virg. Aen. 1, 727 (from which passage and the similar use of cereus [funalis], this kind of torch would appear to have been esp. used at banquets, cf. Sen. Ep. 122, 11, ad faces et cereos vivere): Hor.
4. lampas, ădis, f. (Gk. λαμπάς·] esp. used in poet. and in speaking of Gr. affairs): Turnus hurled a blazing t. (as firebrand), ardentem conjecit lampada Turnus, Virg. Aen. 9, 535: Cic. Verr. 2, 47, 115 (in speaking of a Greek statue of Cupid): of the wedding-t., Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 9. Fig.: they hand on the t. of life, vitaï lampada tradunt, Lucr. 2, 78.
5. cēreus (like funale): Sen.: v. supr. (3).
1. fax, făcis, f. (a piece of dry wood, covered with inflammable material, for lighting fires, etc.): to point t.s (making them of tapering pieces of wood), f. inspicare, Virg. G. 1, 292: nuptial t.s, f. nuptiales, Cic. Clu. 6, 15: Hor.: Virg. See also
2. taeda (a t. of pine-wood): to fire anything by means of t.s, taedâ [collect.] aliquid incendere, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: the blazing t.s of the Furies, t. ardentes Furiarum, Cic. Pis. 20, 46: also nuptial t.s, Ov. M. 4, 758.
3. fūnāle, is, n. (a kind of t. made of tow or cord covered with fat or wax): Cic. Sen. 13, 44: (in relating the same story, Val. Max. 3, 6, 4, has cereus funalis m.): Virg. Aen. 1, 727 (from which passage and the similar use of cereus [funalis], this kind of torch would appear to have been esp. used at banquets, cf. Sen. Ep. 122, 11, ad faces et cereos vivere): Hor.
4. lampas, ădis, f. (Gk. λαμπάς·] esp. used in poet. and in speaking of Gr. affairs): Turnus hurled a blazing t. (as firebrand), ardentem conjecit lampada Turnus, Virg. Aen. 9, 535: Cic. Verr. 2, 47, 115 (in speaking of a Greek statue of Cupid): of the wedding-t., Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 9. Fig.: they hand on the t. of life, vitaï lampada tradunt, Lucr. 2, 78.
5. cēreus (like funale): Sen.: v. supr. (3).
torch
Torches
- burning torches thrown into pit in honour of the Maid: Paus. 2.22.3
- festival of torches in honour of Dionysus: Paus. 7.27.3
- torch in hand of Artemis: Paus. 8.37.4, Paus. 10.37.1, of Demeter: Paus. 8.25.7, Paus. 8.37.3, Paus. 10.35.10, Apollod. 1.4.5, of Ilithyia: Paus. 7.23.6
- Torch-bearers: Paus. 1.37.1, Paus. 9.27.2
- torch-light procession: Paus. 2.7.5
- torch-race from altar of Prometheus to Athens: Paus. 1.30.2
Torch
See fax; taeda.