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nimbus (noun M) : (
* Gen. plur. nimbūm, Pac. ap. Trag. Rel. 412 Rib.), m. Sanscr. nabhas, cloud, vapor; Gr. νέφος, νεφέλη; cf.: nubes, nebula, a violent or pouring rain, a rain-storm.
* Lit.: terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Müll.: nec nubila nimbis aspergunt,Lucr. 3, 19: terrere animos fulminibus, tempestatibus, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14: denso regem operuit nimbo,Liv. 1, 16: cum multo stillaret paenula nimbo,Juv. 5, 79.
* Transf.
* Trop., a storm, tempest, i. e. sudden misfortune: hunc quidem nimbum cito transisse laetor,Cic. Att. 15, 9, 2.
* A cloud in general. So the bright cloud or cloudshaped splendor which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth: proprie nimbus est, qui deorum vel imperantium capita quasi clara nebula ambire fingitur,Serv. Verg. A. 3, 585: nimbo succincta,Verg. A. 10, 634: nimbo effulgens,id. ib. 2, 616: nube candentes umeros amictus Augur Apollo,Hor. C. 1, 2, 31.—Hence, in eccl. Lat., of a saint's aureole, Isid. 19, 31, 2.
* A head-band, frontlet, worn by females to make the forehead appear small, acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 31 (in Arn. 2, 72, the correct reading is not nimbis, but limbis; v. limbus).
* Like the Engl. cloud, of a multitude of things which spread out like a cloud: nimbus peditum,Verg. A. 7, 793: pilorum,Sil. 5, 215: telorum,Luc. 4, 776: velut nimbum glandis et sagittas ingerebant,Liv. 36, 18, 5: lapidum saxorumque,Flor. 3, 8, 4: Corycius,i. e. of saffron,Mart. 9, 39, 5: et Cilices nimbis hic maduere suis,id. Spect. 3, 8: lucerna nimbis ebria Nicerotianis,full of perfumed unguents,id. ib. 10, 38, 8: purpureus, a great quantity of flowers, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 298.
* A vessel with many holes in it, used at public shows and at entertainments for sprinkling liquid perfumes: nimbus vitreus,Mart. 14, 112in lemm.—*
* Gen. plur. nimbūm, Pac. ap. Trag. Rel. 412 Rib.), m. Sanscr. nabhas, cloud, vapor; Gr. νέφος, νεφέλη; cf.: nubes, nebula, a violent or pouring rain, a rain-storm.
* Lit.: terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Müll.: nec nubila nimbis aspergunt,Lucr. 3, 19: terrere animos fulminibus, tempestatibus, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14: denso regem operuit nimbo,Liv. 1, 16: cum multo stillaret paenula nimbo,Juv. 5, 79.
* Transf.
* Trop., a storm, tempest, i. e. sudden misfortune: hunc quidem nimbum cito transisse laetor,Cic. Att. 15, 9, 2.
* A cloud in general. So the bright cloud or cloudshaped splendor which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth: proprie nimbus est, qui deorum vel imperantium capita quasi clara nebula ambire fingitur,Serv. Verg. A. 3, 585: nimbo succincta,Verg. A. 10, 634: nimbo effulgens,id. ib. 2, 616: nube candentes umeros amictus Augur Apollo,Hor. C. 1, 2, 31.—Hence, in eccl. Lat., of a saint's aureole, Isid. 19, 31, 2.
* A head-band, frontlet, worn by females to make the forehead appear small, acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 31 (in Arn. 2, 72, the correct reading is not nimbis, but limbis; v. limbus).
* Like the Engl. cloud, of a multitude of things which spread out like a cloud: nimbus peditum,Verg. A. 7, 793: pilorum,Sil. 5, 215: telorum,Luc. 4, 776: velut nimbum glandis et sagittas ingerebant,Liv. 36, 18, 5: lapidum saxorumque,Flor. 3, 8, 4: Corycius,i. e. of saffron,Mart. 9, 39, 5: et Cilices nimbis hic maduere suis,id. Spect. 3, 8: lucerna nimbis ebria Nicerotianis,full of perfumed unguents,id. ib. 10, 38, 8: purpureus, a great quantity of flowers, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 298.
* A vessel with many holes in it, used at public shows and at entertainments for sprinkling liquid perfumes: nimbus vitreus,Mart. 14, 112in lemm.—*
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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