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lūna | Lūna (noun F) : (
* Gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo, the moon.
* Lit.: dimidiata,Cato, R. R. 37: extrema et prima,Varr. R. R. 1, 37: solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123: cum luna laboret,is eclipsed,id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92: lunae defectus,Liv. 26, 5: lunae defectio,Quint. 1, 10, 47: siderum regina bicornis,Hor. C. S. 35: aurea,Ov. M. 10, 448: nivea,id. ib. 14, 367: minor,Hor. S. 2, 8, 31: dimidia,Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323: plena,id. 11, 30, 36, § 109: nova,id. 18, 32, 75, § 322: intermenstrua,id. 18, 32, 75, § 322: lunae senium,id. 7, 48, 49, § 155: lunae coitus,id. 16, 39, 74, § 190: crescens,Col. 2, 15: decrescens,id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10: laborans,an eclipse of the moon,Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.
* Transf.
* A month: centesima revolvente se luna,Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.
* A night: roscida,Verg. G. 3, 337: immeritae omnia lunae,Prop. 4, 4, 23.
* The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes: felix ... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,Juv. 7, 191: patricia,Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula.
* The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.
* Personified: , the Moon-goddess: Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles ... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.
* Gen. lunai, Lucr. 5, 69), f. contr. for luc-na, from root luc; v. luceo, the moon.
* Lit.: dimidiata,Cato, R. R. 37: extrema et prima,Varr. R. R. 1, 37: solis annuos cursus spatiis menstruis luna consequitur,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; 2, 40, 103; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123: cum luna laboret,is eclipsed,id. Tusc. 1, 38, 92: lunae defectus,Liv. 26, 5: lunae defectio,Quint. 1, 10, 47: siderum regina bicornis,Hor. C. S. 35: aurea,Ov. M. 10, 448: nivea,id. ib. 14, 367: minor,Hor. S. 2, 8, 31: dimidia,Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323: plena,id. 11, 30, 36, § 109: nova,id. 18, 32, 75, § 322: intermenstrua,id. 18, 32, 75, § 322: lunae senium,id. 7, 48, 49, § 155: lunae coitus,id. 16, 39, 74, § 190: crescens,Col. 2, 15: decrescens,id. 2, 5: tertia, quarta, quinta, etc., the third, fourth, fifth, etc., day after the new moon, id. 2, 10: laborans,an eclipse of the moon,Juv. 6, 442: corniculata, dividua, protumida, plena, App. de Deo Socr.
* Transf.
* A month: centesima revolvente se luna,Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217; cf. Ov. M. 7, 531.
* A night: roscida,Verg. G. 3, 337: immeritae omnia lunae,Prop. 4, 4, 23.
* The figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune, Stat. Th. 6, 289. —Esp., the badge worn by senators on their shoes: felix ... appositam nigrae lunam subtexit alutae,Juv. 7, 191: patricia,Stat. S. 5, 2, 27; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 34, and lunula.
* The semicircular cartilages in the throat, Sid. Carm. 7, 191.
* Personified: , the Moon-goddess: Volcanus, Luna, Sol, Dies, di quattuor,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 4, 374; Aus. Ep. 5, 3; 19, 3; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 299 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. praef.: Aristoteles ... Minervam esse lunam probabilibus argumentis explicat,Arn. 3, 31. Her temple, built on the Aventine by Servius Tullius, was burned in Nero's reign, Liv. 40, 2, 2; Tac. A. 15, 41.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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Luna
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