(adjective) : āprīcus, a, um, qs. contr. from apericus, from aperio, Doed. Syn. III. p. 170; for the long i, cf. antīcus, postīcus; acc. t oothers, kindr. with old Germ. ābar; mid. Germ. aeber, = dry, warm, orig.
* Lying open, uncovered, or, acc. to the second etymol., warm: Qui tulit aprico frigida castra Lare,under the open heaven,Prop. 5, 10, 18, where Müller reads e parvo.—Hence, with esp. ref. to the warmth of the sun, exposed to the sun or to the warmth of the sun, open to the sun, sunny.
* Of places (class. in prose and poetry): loci ... opaci an aprici,Cic. Part. Or. 10 fin.: hortus,id. Fam. 16, 18 (perh. not elsewhere in Cic.): colles,Liv. 21, 37: campus,Hor. C. 1, 8, 3; id. A. P. 162: rura,id. C. 3, 18, 2: agger,id. S. 1, 8, 15 et saep.
* Subst.: āprīcum, i, n., a sunny spot, place.
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* Poet., of other objects exposed to the sun, delighting or growing in the sunshine: arbor,Ov. M. 4, 331: mergi,basking in the sun,Verg. A. 5, 128: flores,Hor. C. 1, 26, 7: senes,Pers. 5, 179 al.
* Clear, pure (only in Col.): caeli status,Col. 11, 3, 27: apricissimus dies,id. 9, 14, 13.
* Coming from the sunny quarter, i.e. from the south: flatus,the south wind,Col. 1, 5, 8—Comp., Col. 11, 3, 24.—Adv. not used.

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