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marmor | marmur (noun M.n) : (also ; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = μάρμαρος
* Marble.
* Lit.: in omni marmore,Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Parium marmor,Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30: tu secanda marmora Locas,Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: templum de marmore ponam,Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.: vivos ducent de marmore vultus,id. A. 6, 848: parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48: A MARMORIBVS,one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble,Inscr. Grut. 593, 7: marmora,kinds of marble,Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v.infra.
* Transf.
* Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.
* Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404: flumen inducit marmora rebus,incrusts,id. ib. 15, 314.
* Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767: lento luctantur marmore tonsae,Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254: Libycum,id. A. 7, 718: spumant vada marmore verso,id. ib. 10, 208: marmora pelagi,Cat. 63, 88: infidum,Sil. 14, 464: medium,the surface of a lake,Val. Fl. 6, 568.
* A mile-stone of marble: rus marmore tertio notatum,i. e. three miles from town,Mart. 7, 31, 10.
* A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.
* A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse: plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1: tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,id. ib. 2, 48, 10.
* Marble.
* Lit.: in omni marmore,Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Parium marmor,Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30: tu secanda marmora Locas,Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: templum de marmore ponam,Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.: vivos ducent de marmore vultus,id. A. 6, 848: parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48: A MARMORIBVS,one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble,Inscr. Grut. 593, 7: marmora,kinds of marble,Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v.infra.
* Transf.
* Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.
* Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404: flumen inducit marmora rebus,incrusts,id. ib. 15, 314.
* Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767: lento luctantur marmore tonsae,Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254: Libycum,id. A. 7, 718: spumant vada marmore verso,id. ib. 10, 208: marmora pelagi,Cat. 63, 88: infidum,Sil. 14, 464: medium,the surface of a lake,Val. Fl. 6, 568.
* A mile-stone of marble: rus marmore tertio notatum,i. e. three miles from town,Mart. 7, 31, 10.
* A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.
* A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse: plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1: tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,id. ib. 2, 48, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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