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(adjective) : ārĭdus (contr. ardus, like arfacio from arefacio, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 20; Inscr. Grut. 207), a, um, areo
* Dry, withered, arid, parched.
* Lit.: ligna,Lucr. 2, 881: lignum,Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3: cibus,Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864: ficis victitamus aridis,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59: folia,Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46: ficus,Vulg. Marc. 11, 20: Libye,Ov. M. 2, 238: quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,Hor. C. 1, 22, 16: terra arida et sicca,Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so, terra arida,Vulg. Sap. 19, 7: arida terra,ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.: arida (eccl. Lat.),ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, i, n., a dry place, dry land: ex arido tela conicere,Caes. B. G. 4, 25: naves in aridum subducere,id. ib. 4, 29.—Meton., of thirst: sitis,Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so, os,Verg. G. 3, 458: ora,id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever: febris,i. e. causing thirst,Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so, morbus,Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color: arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,like that of dried leaves,Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken: sonus,Lucr. 6, 119: aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest,Verg. G. 1, 357.
* Trop.
* Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean: crura,Ov. A. A. 3, 272: nates,Hor. Epod. 8, 5: uvis aridior puella passis,Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered: manus,Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons: aridi,ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty: in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,poor, scanty diet,Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75: vita horrida atque arida,id. Quinct. 30.—Transf. to men, indigent, poor: cliens,Mart. 10, 87, 5.
* Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless: genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11: narratio,Quint. 2, 4, 3: aridissimi libri,Tac. Or. 19.—Meton., of the orator himself: orator,Quint. 12, 10, 13: rhetores,Sen. Contr. 34: magister,Quint. 2, 4, 8.— Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,sapless and dry,Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.
* In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides): pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18: pater avidus, miser atque aridus,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.— *
* In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.—Adv. not used.
* Dry, withered, arid, parched.
* Lit.: ligna,Lucr. 2, 881: lignum,Hor. C. 3, 17, 13; so Vulg. Eccli. 6, 3; ib. Isa. 56, 3: cibus,Lucr. 1, 809; so id. 1, 864: ficis victitamus aridis,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59: folia,Cic. Pis. 40, 97, and Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 46: ficus,Vulg. Marc. 11, 20: Libye,Ov. M. 2, 238: quale portentum Jubae tellus leonum Arida nutrix,Hor. C. 1, 22, 16: terra arida et sicca,Plin. 2, 65, 66, § 166; so, terra arida,Vulg. Sap. 19, 7: arida terra,ib. Heb. 11, 29; so absol.: arida (eccl. Lat.),ib. Gen. 1, 9; ib. Psa. 65, 6; ib. Matt. 23, 15: montes aridi sterilesque. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67.—Also, subst.: ārĭdum, i, n., a dry place, dry land: ex arido tela conicere,Caes. B. G. 4, 25: naves in aridum subducere,id. ib. 4, 29.—Meton., of thirst: sitis,Lucr. 3, 917, and 6, 1175; so, os,Verg. G. 3, 458: ora,id. A. 5, 200: guttur, Ov. [ad Liv. 422].—Of a fever: febris,i. e. causing thirst,Verg. G. 3, 458 (cf. Lucr. 4, 875); so, morbus,Veg. Vet. Art. 1, 4.—Of color: arbor folio convoluto, arido colore,like that of dried leaves,Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129.—And of a cracking, snapping sound, as when dry wood is broken: sonus,Lucr. 6, 119: aridus altis Montibus (incipit) audiri fragor,a dry crackling noise begins to be heard in the high mountain forest,Verg. G. 1, 357.
* Trop.
* Of things which are dried, shrunk up, shrivelled, meagre, lean: crura,Ov. A. A. 3, 272: nates,Hor. Epod. 8, 5: uvis aridior puella passis,Auct. Priap. 32, 1; so from disease, withered: manus,Vulg. Matt. 12, 10; ib. Marc. 3, 1; and absol. of persons: aridi,ib. Joan. 5, 3.— Hence, of food or manner of living, meagre, scanty: in victu arido in hac horridā incultāque vitā,poor, scanty diet,Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75: vita horrida atque arida,id. Quinct. 30.—Transf. to men, indigent, poor: cliens,Mart. 10, 87, 5.
* Of style, dry, jejune, unadorned, spiritless: genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 11: narratio,Quint. 2, 4, 3: aridissimi libri,Tac. Or. 19.—Meton., of the orator himself: orator,Quint. 12, 10, 13: rhetores,Sen. Contr. 34: magister,Quint. 2, 4, 8.— Of scholars: sicci omnino atque aridi pueri,sapless and dry,Suet. Gram. 4; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 9.
* In comic lang., avaricious, of a man from whom, as it were, nothing can be expressed (cf. Argentiexterebronides): pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 18: pater avidus, miser atque aridus,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 15.— *
* In Plaut. as a mere natural epithet of metal: arido argentost opus, dry coin, Rud. 3, 4, 21.—Adv. not used.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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