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lampăs | lampă-da, ae (noun F) : (late Lat. also , , Jul. Val. Rer. G. Alex. 3, 28:
* Lampadarum,Vulg. Ezech. 1, 13), f., = λαμπάς, a light, torch, flambeau (mostly poet.; cf.: lucerna, lychnus, laterna).
* Lit.: lampades ardentes,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86: illatae lampades, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41: lampadas igniferas,Lucr. 2, 25: vidi argenteum Cupidinem cum lampade,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115: pinguis,Ov. M. 4, 403: pingues lampades,Lucr. 4, 403: ardens,Verg. A. 9, 535: Salmoneus, dum flammas Jovis imitatur, lampada quassans,id. ib. 6, 587: lampadibus densum rapuit funale coruscis,with torches,Ov. M. 12, 247; Vulg. Exod. 20, 18: lampas ignis,id. Gen. 15, 17.—Used at weddings, a wedding-torch: tene hane lampadem,Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 9. —Hence, poet.: lampade primā,at her wedding,Stat. S. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 4.
* Esp., a lamp: ferreae lampades,Col. 12, 18, 5: aënea,Juv. 3, 285: praecinctae lampades auro,Ov. H. 14, 25: accipere oleum cum lampadibus,Vulg. Matt. 25, 4.
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* From the Grecian torch-race (which consisted in keeping the torch burning during the race and handing it, still lighted, to the next one), are borrowed the expressions: lampada tradere alicui, to give or resign one's occupation to another: nunc cursu lampada tibi trado,now it is your turn,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9: quasi cursores, vitai lampada tradunt,i. e. they finish their course, die,Lucr. 2, 79: qui prior es, cur me in decursu lampada poscis?i. e. do you wish to succeed to my estate while I am yet alive?Pers. 6, 61.
* In gen., splendor, brightness, lustre: aeterna mundl,Lucr. 5, 402; cf.: rosea sol alte lampade lucens,id. 5, 610: Phoebeae lampadis instar,the light of the sun, the sun,Verg. A. 3, 637: postera cum primā lustrabat lampade terras Orta dies,the first beams of light, first rays of dawn,id. ib. 7, 148.
* Hence, poet., like lumen, for day: octavoque fere candenti lumine solis Aut etiam nonā reddebant lampade vitam,on the ninth day,Lucr. 6, 1198; so of the moonlight: decima lampas Phoebes,Val. Fl. 7, 366; cf.: cum se bina formavit lampade Phoebe,i. e. after two moons,Nemes. Cyn. 130: lampade Phoebes sub decima,the tenth month,Val. Fl. 7, 366.
* A meteor resembling a torch: emicant et faces, non nisi cum decidunt visae. Duo genera earum: lampades vocant plane faces, alterum bolidas,Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; cf. Sen. Q. N. 1, 15: nunc sparso lumine lampas emicuit caelo,Luc. 1, 532; 10, 502.
* Lampadarum,Vulg. Ezech. 1, 13), f., = λαμπάς, a light, torch, flambeau (mostly poet.; cf.: lucerna, lychnus, laterna).
* Lit.: lampades ardentes,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86: illatae lampades, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41: lampadas igniferas,Lucr. 2, 25: vidi argenteum Cupidinem cum lampade,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115: pinguis,Ov. M. 4, 403: pingues lampades,Lucr. 4, 403: ardens,Verg. A. 9, 535: Salmoneus, dum flammas Jovis imitatur, lampada quassans,id. ib. 6, 587: lampadibus densum rapuit funale coruscis,with torches,Ov. M. 12, 247; Vulg. Exod. 20, 18: lampas ignis,id. Gen. 15, 17.—Used at weddings, a wedding-torch: tene hane lampadem,Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 9. —Hence, poet.: lampade primā,at her wedding,Stat. S. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 4.
* Esp., a lamp: ferreae lampades,Col. 12, 18, 5: aënea,Juv. 3, 285: praecinctae lampades auro,Ov. H. 14, 25: accipere oleum cum lampadibus,Vulg. Matt. 25, 4.
* Trop.
* From the Grecian torch-race (which consisted in keeping the torch burning during the race and handing it, still lighted, to the next one), are borrowed the expressions: lampada tradere alicui, to give or resign one's occupation to another: nunc cursu lampada tibi trado,now it is your turn,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9: quasi cursores, vitai lampada tradunt,i. e. they finish their course, die,Lucr. 2, 79: qui prior es, cur me in decursu lampada poscis?i. e. do you wish to succeed to my estate while I am yet alive?Pers. 6, 61.
* In gen., splendor, brightness, lustre: aeterna mundl,Lucr. 5, 402; cf.: rosea sol alte lampade lucens,id. 5, 610: Phoebeae lampadis instar,the light of the sun, the sun,Verg. A. 3, 637: postera cum primā lustrabat lampade terras Orta dies,the first beams of light, first rays of dawn,id. ib. 7, 148.
* Hence, poet., like lumen, for day: octavoque fere candenti lumine solis Aut etiam nonā reddebant lampade vitam,on the ninth day,Lucr. 6, 1198; so of the moonlight: decima lampas Phoebes,Val. Fl. 7, 366; cf.: cum se bina formavit lampade Phoebe,i. e. after two moons,Nemes. Cyn. 130: lampade Phoebes sub decima,the tenth month,Val. Fl. 7, 366.
* A meteor resembling a torch: emicant et faces, non nisi cum decidunt visae. Duo genera earum: lampades vocant plane faces, alterum bolidas,Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; cf. Sen. Q. N. 1, 15: nunc sparso lumine lampas emicuit caelo,Luc. 1, 532; 10, 502.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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