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lūtum (noun N) :
* A plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed. dyer's-weed, weld: jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,Verg. E. 4, 44; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Vitr. 7, 14.
* Transf., a yellow color, yellow, Verg. Cir. 316: nimius luto corpora tingit amor,Tib. 1, 9 (8), 52 Heyne ad loc.
* A plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed. dyer's-weed, weld: jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,Verg. E. 4, 44; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Vitr. 7, 14.
* Transf., a yellow color, yellow, Verg. Cir. 316: nimius luto corpora tingit amor,Tib. 1, 9 (8), 52 Heyne ad loc.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
lŭtum | lŭtus, i (noun N.m) : n. (, , m., Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17) [luo]
* Mud, mire.
* Lit.: volutari in luto,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: cratesque luto integuntur,Caes. B. C. 2, 15; Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17: imbre lutoque Aspersus,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 11: luto perfusa porticus,Juv. 14, 66: pinguia crura luto, id. 3, 247: luto opplere aliquem,Suet. Vesp. 5: in longa via et pulvis et lutum et pluvia,Sen. Ep. 96, 3: si quis aliquem luto obliniverit,Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13: te pervolvam in luto,Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—In plur.: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16.—Prov.: in luto esse or haerere, to stick in the mud, i. e. to be at a dead stop, unable to proceed: nunc homo in medio luto est: Nomen nescit,Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 27: neque mihi haud imperito eveniet, tali ut in luto haeream,id. Pers. 4, 3, 66: in eodem haesitas luto,Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; cf. Lact. 2, 8, 24; 7, 2, 3: pro luto esse, to be as cheap as dirt: pro luto erat annona,Petr. 44: omnia pro luto habere,id. 67, 10; cf. id. 51, 6.—As a term of reproach, mud, filth: ludis me. Pa. Tum mihi sunt manus inquinatae. Sc. Quidum? Pa. Quia ludo luto, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 54; id. Most. 5, 2, 45: Lutum lenonium, commictum caeno stercilinum publicum!id. Pers. 3, 5, 2; 9; Cat. 42, 13: O tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes,offscouring of the earth,Cic. Pis. 26, 62.
* Transf.
* Loam, clay, potter's clay: pocula de facili luto componere,Tib. 1, 1, 40: ficta Saguntino cymbia malo luto,Mart. 8, 6, 2: quibus arte benigna Et meliore luto finxit praecordia Titan, of better clay, i. e. of better materials, Juv. 14, 34; cf. Pers. 3, 23: homines compositi luto,Juv. 6, 13.
* The dust with which wrestlers besprinkled themselves, Sen. Ep. 88, 18.
* Mud, mire.
* Lit.: volutari in luto,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: cratesque luto integuntur,Caes. B. C. 2, 15; Quadrig. ap. Non. 212, 17: imbre lutoque Aspersus,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 11: luto perfusa porticus,Juv. 14, 66: pinguia crura luto, id. 3, 247: luto opplere aliquem,Suet. Vesp. 5: in longa via et pulvis et lutum et pluvia,Sen. Ep. 96, 3: si quis aliquem luto obliniverit,Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13: te pervolvam in luto,Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—In plur.: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16.—Prov.: in luto esse or haerere, to stick in the mud, i. e. to be at a dead stop, unable to proceed: nunc homo in medio luto est: Nomen nescit,Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 27: neque mihi haud imperito eveniet, tali ut in luto haeream,id. Pers. 4, 3, 66: in eodem haesitas luto,Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; cf. Lact. 2, 8, 24; 7, 2, 3: pro luto esse, to be as cheap as dirt: pro luto erat annona,Petr. 44: omnia pro luto habere,id. 67, 10; cf. id. 51, 6.—As a term of reproach, mud, filth: ludis me. Pa. Tum mihi sunt manus inquinatae. Sc. Quidum? Pa. Quia ludo luto, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 54; id. Most. 5, 2, 45: Lutum lenonium, commictum caeno stercilinum publicum!id. Pers. 3, 5, 2; 9; Cat. 42, 13: O tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes,offscouring of the earth,Cic. Pis. 26, 62.
* Transf.
* Loam, clay, potter's clay: pocula de facili luto componere,Tib. 1, 1, 40: ficta Saguntino cymbia malo luto,Mart. 8, 6, 2: quibus arte benigna Et meliore luto finxit praecordia Titan, of better clay, i. e. of better materials, Juv. 14, 34; cf. Pers. 3, 23: homines compositi luto,Juv. 6, 13.
* The dust with which wrestlers besprinkled themselves, Sen. Ep. 88, 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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