Logeion | silex

silex , icis, m. and f.: a hard stone, flint, 1.174; rock, 6.602; crag, 6.471.

sĭlex, ĭcis, m. (poet. and late Lat.; also fem., Verg. E. 1, 15; id. A. 6, 471; 6, 602; 8, 233; Ov. M. 9, 225; 9, 304; 9, 613; Amm.14, 6, 16; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2; gen. plur. silicum, Lucr. 6, 683; Luc. 4, 304) [root sar-, to be firm; cf.: solum, solidus].

I Any hard stone found in fields, a pebble-stone, a flint, flint-stone: silicem caedere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: silice vias sternere, Liv. 41, 27; cf. id. 41, 27, § 7: silici scintillam excudere, Verg. A. 1, 174: gravem medios silicem jaculatus in hostes, Ov. M. 7, 139 et saep.: per ampla spatia urbis, subversasque silices, pavements, Amm.14, 6, 16; cf.: silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum, Juv. 6, 350.— Freq. joined with lapis: Ag. Illa mulier lapidem silicem subigere, ut se amet, potest. Mi. Pol id quidem haud mentire: nam tu es lapide silice stultior, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 77 [290] sq.; Cato R. R. 18, 3; Liv. 30, 43; Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; and in inscrr.: II VIRI VIAM LAPID(e) SILIC(e) STERN(endam) CVR(averunt), Inscr. Bull. dell' Inst. 1839, p. 60; so Inscr. Orell. 6617.—With saxum: porcum saxo silice percussit, Liv. 1, 24 fin. —To denote hard-heartedness: non silice nati sumus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12: nec in tenero stat tibi corde silex, Tib. 1, 1, 64: nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit, Ov. M. 9, 614: et dicam silices pectus habere tuum, id. Tr. 3, 11, 4: moturaque duras Verba queror silices, id. M. 9, 304.—
II In gen., a rock, crag (poet.), Lucr. 6, 683: validi silices, id. 1, 571; 2, 449: stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis, Verg. A. 8, 233: nudus silex, bare rock, Sen. Phoen. 69: excisae rupes durissimi silicis, Suet. Calig. 37: juventus duris silicum lassata metallis, Luc. 4, 304: Lycius Phrygiusque silex, Stat. S. 1, 2, 148.—Of limestone, Ov. M. 7, 107; cf. Plin. 36, 23, 53, § 174.

silex, icis, m. (selten f.), jeder harte Stein, Kiesel, Kieselstein, Feuerstein, Granit, Basaltlava, bes. zum Pflastern, I) eig.: rupes durissimi silicis, Suet.: silex seu lapis durus ordinarius, Vitr.: uti (calx) de silice coquatur, aus Lava, Vitr.: certo in loco silicem caedere, Cic.: vias in urbe silice sternere, Liv.: silici scintillam excudit, Verg. – verb. lapis silex, Plaut., Cato u. Liv.: saxum silex, Liv. – als Bild der Unempfindlichkeit, Hartherzigkeit, nec in tenero stat tibi corde silex, Tibull.: dicam silices pectus habere tuum, Ov.: motura duros verba queror silices, die einen Stein erbarmen möchten, Ov. – II) poet. übtr. = scopulus, Fels, silici membra restrictus catenā, Catull.: silicum cavernae, Lucr.: acuta silex praecisis undique saxis, Verg. – als Bild der Unbeweglichkeit, s. Verg. Aen. 6, 470. – ➳ gen. fem. bei Verg. Aen. 6, 471 u.a. Ov. met. 9, 614. Apul. met. 6, 26. Amm. 29, 5, 18. – Abl. silici, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1161 u. 11, 5694.

1 silex v. salix

2 silex [CL] 1 hard stone or rock (sts. spec. flint); b (as topographical feature); c (w. ref. to producing water from rock; cf. Exod. xvii 6, I Cor. x 4). d piece of stone, rock; e (prov.). torvus vestigia taurus / impremit [in] silici velut [in] mollissima cera Mir. Nin. 229; ~ex, flint Ælf. Gl. 147; duo [cursus] ex ~icibus ardentibus qui acutissimi fuerant Alex. Cant. Mir. 36 (I) p. 231; ~ex, petra Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 559; hic et hec ~ex, a flyntstone WW. b cum venisset ad quandam vallem, plaustrum cum bobus de ~ice in declivio cecidit (Maedoc 13) VSH II 146. c percutiens virga bis ~icem Comm. Cant. I 433; Dunstanus ‥ ex nativo ~icis sinu laticem produxit W. Malm. GP I 19; cum per ~icem bis percussum egrederentur aque largissime, audivit [Moyses] a Domino ‥ Bald. Cant. Sacr. Alt. 712B; si ‥ rectitudine actionis et directione cordis ~icem ire tue bis valeam percutere, et duritiam frangere Ib. 713D. d s1429 occidit fratrem Radulphum ‥ cum magna scilice Chr. S. Alb. 38. e gutte leves perforant cilicem [ME: flint] sepe cadendo AncrR 79. 2 (as material for building, creating artefacts or sim.); b (as road-surfacing material). altum ‥ murum ~ice et cemento cum calce aggressi sunt provehere Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 551; lapis ‥ in ecclesia ‥ quasi pro reliquiis ‥ reservatur, digitorum vestigiis tanquam in cera pressorum in ~ice comparentibus Gir. IK I 2; apparuit ‥ inestimabilis imago decoris crucifixi Salvatoris ex atro ~ice Found. Waltham 6; 1348 in garcionibus conductis ad colligendas petras de cilice in campis ad idem opus KR Ac 462/16 f. 3d.; 1449 pro cilicibus et aqua pro le pynnynge domus cariandis Crawley 479. b ~ices in plateis strate sunt Ord. Vit. IV 6 p. 208; Philippus ‥ fecit etiam omnes vicos Parisiensis civitatis sternere ~ice R. Niger Chr. I 93; Philippus apud Parisios ab equo corruens ad ~icem contritus est Id. Chr. II 165. 3 (used for striking flame). nam silici, densas quae fudit viscere flammas, / durior aut ferro Aldh. Aen. 100 (Creatura) 42; c798 num ignis in ~ice, nisi excutiatur, flammifacit? Alcuin Ep. 191; patra [l. petra] focaria, flint [gl.: ~ex] GlC P 313; videmus ‥ de ~icibus ignem excudi Alb. Lond. DG 2. 4; ex ~icibus ignis excuditur scintilla Neckam NR I 17; ~ex lapis, quo utimur in igne excitando; ~ex dicitur, quasi ex eo saliat ignis LC 265. 4 (as type of hardness or unresponsiveness). si non dura silex genuit te, plange, precamur Alcuin Carm. 57. 39; sed quis homo, scopulis homo forte parentibus ortus, / ‥ / cui juveni silices cingunt precordia vene, / cui nihil humani pectoris esse patet? L. Durh. Dial. II 389; in modum ~icis cor obduratur Ailr. Serm. 476D; sicut ‥ ~ex immobilis est et surda, sic torpens et negligens est luxuriosus Bern. Comm. Aen. 96.

sĭlex, (11) ĭcis, m. (f., Virg. B. 1, 15, etc. ; Ov. M. 9, 225, etc. ), ¶ 1 silex, caillou : Cic. Div. 2, 85 ; Liv. 41, 27, etc. ; lapides silices Liv. 30, 43, 9, pierres de silex ; saxo silice Liv. 1, 24, 9, avec une pierre de silex || [fig.] natus silice Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, né dʼun rocher, avec un cœur de pierre, cf. Tib. 1, 1, 64 ; Ov. M. 9, 614 ¶ 2 [poét.] roc, roche : Lucr. 1, 571, etc. ; Virg. En. 8, 233.

silex, icis m en f

1. harde steen, kiezel(steen), vuursteen, graniet; ➤ viam silice sternere plaveien; rupes durissimi silicis; — vaak ter aanduiding v. hardvochtigheid: verba duros silices motura;
2. (poët.) (meton.) rots [acuta]; ➤ silicum cavernae.

silex , icis. m. f.
火石。石。花石。大石。Cor silice concretum 硬如石之心。

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silex icis, m and (poet.) f

a hard stone, flint, flint-stone, fire-stone, granite: silicem caedere: vias sternere silice, L.: silici scintillam excudere, V.: silicem iaculatus in hostīs, O.: silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum, Iu.: privos lapides silices secum ferre, L.—As a symbol of hardness or fixedness of character: non silice nati sumus: Nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit, O.—A rock, crag: Stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis, V.— Lime-stone: terrenā silices fornace soluti, O.

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