ŏpācus
ŏpācus, a, um, adj. In the shade, shaded, shady (class.): opaca vocantur umbrosa, Fest. p. 185 Müll.: ripa, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: frigus, shady coolness, cool shade, Verg. E. 1, 53: vallis, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5.—Comp.: locus umbrā opacior, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25.—Sup.: opacissima nemorum pascua, Col. 6, 22.—Neutr. absol.: colores, qui in opaco clarius micant, in the shade, Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43.—So in plur. with gen.: per opaca locorum, through shady places, Verg. A. 2, 725; 6, 633.— Transf. Darkened as if by shades, dark, obscure (poet. and in post-class. prose): nox, Verg. A. 4, 123: domus Cyclopis, id. ib. 3, 619: nubes, Ov. A. A. 2, 619: mater, i. e. the earth, id. M. 2, 274: crepuscula, in the lower regions, id. ib. 14, 122: vetustas, Gell. 10, 3, 15: mons, Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 14.—* Bushy, thick: barba, Cat. 37, 19.— That gives or casts a shade, shady (poet.): nemus, Verg. A. 8, 107: ilex, id. ib. 11, 851: herba, Ov. M. 3, 438.
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ŏpācus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
opacus
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ŏpācus, a, um, adj. In the shade, shaded, shady (class.): opaca vocantur umbrosa, Fest. p. 185 Müll.: ripa, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15: frigus, shady coolness, cool shade, Verg. E. 1, 53: vallis, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5.—Comp.: locus umbrā opacior, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25.—Sup.: opacissima nemorum pascua, Col. 6, 22.—Neutr. absol.: colores, qui in opaco clarius micant, in the shade, Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43.—So in plur. with gen.: per opaca locorum, through shady places, Verg. A. 2, 725; 6, 633.— Transf. Darkened as if by shades, dark, obscure (poet. and in post-class. prose): nox, Verg. A. 4, 123: domus Cyclopis, id. ib. 3, 619: nubes, Ov. A. A. 2, 619: mater, i. e. the earth, id. M. 2, 274: crepuscula, in the lower regions, id. ib. 14, 122: vetustas, Gell. 10, 3, 15: mons, Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 14.—* Bushy, thick: barba, Cat. 37, 19.— That gives or casts a shade, shady (poet.): nemus, Verg. A. 8, 107: ilex, id. ib. 11, 851: herba, Ov. M. 3, 438.
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