siccus — Lewis & Short
siccus, a, um, adj.cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. au)/w,
I dry.
I Lit.
A In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.
aridus): arena,Verg. G. 1, 389:
fauces fluminum,id. ib. 4, 427:
siccāque in rupe resedit,id. A. 5, 180:
litus,id. ib. 6, 162:
siccum et sine umore ullo solum,Quint. 2, 4, 8:
glebae,Hor. Epod. 16, 55:
agri,id. S. 2, 4, 15:
lacus,Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:
regio,Curt. 9, 10, 2:
via (opp. palustris),Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.—Sup.:
horreum siccissimum,Col. 12, 15, 2:
oculi,tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,
lumina,Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:
genae,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80. Ov. H. 11, 10:
decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,id. M. 14, 50;
and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:
pocula,Tib. 3, 6, 18:
urna,Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:
panis,dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:
agaricum manducatum siccum,id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:
spolia non sanguine sicca suo,Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12.
cuspis,Stat. Th. 8, 383:
ensis,Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:
sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:
carinae,standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:
magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,
signa,id. ib. 4, 9, 18:
aquae,i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:
vox,dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—
2 As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:
donec rostra tenent siccum,Verg. A. 10, 301:
in sicco,on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:
ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,Quint. 12, 11, 13:
harundo, quae in siccis provenit,Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,
in siccis,id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—
B In partic.
1 Of the weather, dry, without rain:
sive annus siccus est ... seu pluvius,Col. 3, 20, 1:
ver,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:
aestivi tempora sicca Canis,Tib. 1, 4, 6;
for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:
sole dies referente siccos,Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:
siccis aër fervoribus ustus,Ov. M. 1, 119:
caelum,Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:
ventus,id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:
luna,Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:
nubes,i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:
hiemps,without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—
2 Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:
(mulier) sicca, succida,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:
corpora sicciora cornu,Cat. 23, 12:
corpora graciliora siccioraque,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:
(puella) Nec bello pede ... nec ore sicco,free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.
tussis,without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:
medicamentum,causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —
3 Dry, thirsty:
nimis diu sicci sumus,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:
siti sicca sum,id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:
faucibus siccis,fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—
b Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes ... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:
siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—
II Trop.
1 Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):
(Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:
nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—
2 Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):
siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,Quint. 11, 1, 32:
sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,Gell. 14, 1, 32:
durus et siccus,Tac. Or. 21:
ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—
3 Dry, cold:
medullae,i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,
puella,Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).
A Lit.:
ut bos sicce stabuletur,Col. 6, 12, 2.—
B Trop.:
eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.