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`31A2776(+0)` sinking (movement in water) (+ variant)

I vi 29Delius natator A delian diver

`31A2778` emerging from the water

I vi 34Alio relinquente fluctu alius excepit One wave left me and another caught me up

`31A28` man and his shadow

`31A283` man fighting his own shadow

IV vi 48Σκιαμαχεῖν Shadow-boxing

`31A31` sight, looking (one of the five senses)

`31A314` spying on someone

`31A319` interference with sight

`31A3191` blindfold

II iv 33Andabate Blindfold fighters

`31A319:41A333` interference with sight❧window shutters

III i 49Per transennam inspicere To see through a lattice

`31A31:25K16` sight, looking (one of the five senses)❧desert

IV ii 85Desertum obtueri Staring at a desert

`31A31:32B2(ARGIVES)` sight, looking (one of the five senses)❧historical peoples and nationalities (ARGIVES)

IV i 2Argivos vides You are seeing Argives

`31A31:46C291` sight, looking (one of the five senses)❧shipwreck

V i 38E terra spectare naufragium View the shipwreck from the shore

`31A31:52A11` sight, looking (one of the five senses)❧Attention, Concentration

II ix 42Fixis oculis intueri To gaze fixedly at

`31A31:57BB2` sight, looking (one of the five senses)❧Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtù' (Ripa)

IV ix 17Vultu saepe laeditur pietas Even a look can strike a blow against filial respect

`31A32` hearing, listening (one of the five senses)

`31A32(+939):52A11` hearing, listening (one of the five senses) (+ other neutral connotations)❧Attention, Concentration

III ii 56Auribus arrectis With ears pricked up

`31A329` eavesdropper

`31A33` smell, smelling (one of the five senses)

`31A330` 'Odorato' (Ripa)

III vii 13Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet Profit smells good whatever it comes from

`31A331` agreeable smell

`31A332` disagreeable, repellent smell

`31A34` taste, tasting (one of the five senses)

`31A3411` agreeable taste

IV iii 11Ματτυάζειν To eat mattya

`31A3412` disagreeable taste

IV i 72Inutilior blace As useless as a catfish

`31A3412:41C711` disagreeable taste❧wine ~ alcoholic drinks

III iv 39Psyra Bacchum Bacchus to Psyra

`31A342` sweet (taste)

`31A342:31A2242(+0)` sweet (taste)❧elbow (+ variant)

II i 38Dulcis cubitus Sweet elbow

`31A343` salt (taste)

II iii 83Putre salsamentum amat origanum Rotting salt fish is fond of marjoram

`31A345` bitter (taste)

`31A35` touch, feeling (one of the five senses)

IV ix 97Oculis ac manibus By eye and hand

`31A351` agreeable feeling

II iv 26Herculana scabies Hercules' itch

`31A352` disagreeable feeling

IV ix 26Necessitas molesta Necessity is disagreeable

`31A4` disabilities, deformations and monstrosities; diseases

I viii 32Caeca dies, et Oculata dies A blind day, and A day with eyes

`31A41` disabilities, deformations

`31A41(+9321)` disabilities, deformations (+ speaking)

I ix 77Balbus balbum rectius intelligit One stammerer better understands another

`31A411` disabilities affecting the eyes

`31A4111` blind, blindness

`31A41111` the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)

I viii 40Caecus caeco dux The blind leading the blind

`31A41111(+0)` the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14) (+ variant)

III iii 78Neque caecum ducem neque amentem consultorem Neither a blind guide nor a witless counsellor

`31A4111:31A31` blind, blindness❧sight, looking (one of the five senses)

I viii 93Vel caeco appareat A blind man might see that

`31A4111:31A511` blind, blindness❧mirror

III vii 54Quid caeco cum speculo? What's a blind man doing with a mirror?

`31A4112` cross-eyed; squint

III v 12Thynni more Squinting like a tunny fish

`31A4113(+0)` cataract (+ variant)

II i 75Saturniae lemae Saturnian rheums

`31A4114` near-sightedness, myopia

`31A4114(+0)` near-sightedness, myopia (+ variant)

`31A41140`

II v 77Caligare in sole To blink in the sunlight

`31A4115(+0)` far-sightedness (+ variant)

II i 54Lynceo perspicacior More clear-sighted than Lynceus

`31A412` deaf, deafness

`31A4121` deaf-mute, deaf and dumb

`31A4121(+0)` deaf-mute, deaf and dumb (+ variant)

II vii 93Mutus Hipparchion Hipparchion loses his voice

`31A412:56E1` deaf, deafness❧Irritation

IV v 53Animus habitat in auribus The mind lives in the ears

`31A4133`

IV vii 34Fractis auribus Cauliflower ears

`31A413:31B6232` deformations of the head❧mouth slightly open

IV viii 43Aristylli more Like Aristyllus

`31A415` crippled

`31A4151` club-foot

II ii 29Perdicis crura Legs like Mr Partridge

`31A415:33A7` crippled❧neighbour

I x 73Si juxta claudum habites, subclaudicare disces If you live next to a cripple, you will learn to limp

`31A415:33C2` crippled❧lovers; courting, flirting

II ix 49Claudus optime virum agit The lame man makes the best lecher

`31A417` hunchback

V i 44Strumam dibapho tegere Cover a swelling with a purple robe

`31A419` mutilated person

II x 64Zopyri talenta The talents of Zopyrus

`31A41:31B62350` disabilities, deformations❧voice

IV i 70Usque ad ravim Till I'm hoarse

`31A42(+14)` human beings (legendary or not) of abnormal proportions, size, strength, etc. (+ arms)

I ii 3Longae regum manus Kings have long hands

`31A42(+413)` human beings (legendary or not) of abnormal proportions, size, strength, etc. (+ ears)

I iii 8Eum ausculta, cui quatuor sunt aures Listen to him who has four ears

`31A421` giants, colossi

`31A422` dwarfs

`31A431(100)` very large number of births (100)

II x 66Tanquam Chalcidica nobis peperit uxor My wife breeds like a woman of Chalcis

`31A44` anthropomorphic beings (legendary or not) with heads, limbs or organs of an abnormal number, in abnormal places or of an abnormal shape)

I ii 68Fortuniatur Strobilis Carcini Luckier than the Strobili of Carcinus

`31A4411(+0)` 'Acephalia', 'Blemyae', i.e. beings without head (+ variant)

I i 14Sine capite fabula A story without a head

`31A442(+4141):49D11(2)` anthropomorphic beings with parts in greater number than normal (+ tongue)❧numerals: 2

III i 12Duplices viros Double men

`31A44211:92B57` 'caput triciput', 'signum triceps'❧specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

III vii 95Triceps Mercurius Three-headed Mercury

`31A443:31A2212` anthropomorphic beings with limbs, organs, etc. in unusual places❧eyes

III iii 41In occipitio oculos gerit He has eyes in the back of his head

`31A4441` excessive hairiness

III vi 57Multam sylvam gestas You're carrying a lot of undergrowth

`31A4522(+23)` monsters ~ apes, monkeys (+ tail)

II vii 35Cercopum coetus An assembly of Cercopes

`31A45231` sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa)

II vii 18Megaricae sphinges Megarian sphinxes

`31A46` diseases

`31A461` pain

`31A461:31A2225` pain❧back

IV iv 77Non liberat podagra calceus A sandal does not cure gout

`31A462` diseases affecting the whole body

II vi 37Ipsa senectus morbus est Old age is sickness of itself

`31A4623` (other) contagious diseases

I x 73Si juxta claudum habites, subclaudicare disces If you live next to a cripple, you will learn to limp

`31A4623(RABIES)` (RABIES) contagious diseases (RABIES)

IV v 17Tetigit lapidem a cane morsum He has touched a stone that a dog has bitten

`31A46241` itching

`31A4629` poisoning

`31A463(GOUT)` diseases affecting parts of the body (GOUT)

IV iv 77Non liberat podagra calceus A sandal does not cure gout

`31A463(WARTS)` diseases affecting parts of the body (WARTS)

II viii 65Ut fici oculis incumbunt As warts grow on the eye

`31A4631:31A225` fractures of bones❧legs

IV v 83Nisi crura fracta etc. Unless his legs are broken

`31A4632` infections and wounds

`31A46321` scar, cicatrix

`31A46321(+0)` scar, cicatrix (+ variant)

IV iv 3Extremum occupet scabies The last one's a scab

`31A4632:31A22111(NOSE)` infections and wounds❧parts of the face: nose

IV vi 6Psydracia Lie pimples

`31A463322` coughing

`31A464` emotional illness, derangement, madness

`31A4640` Madness

`31A4640:54A81` Madness❧Fearlessness, Intrepidity; 'Intrepidità & Costanza' (Ripa)

IV viii 12Neque terrae motus timet, neque fluctus He fears neither earthquake nor raging sea

`31A4641(+0)` possession (by demons) (+ variant)

III vii 39Κορυβαντιᾶν To be a Corybant

`31A469` health

`31A4690` Health, 'Sanitas'; 'Sanità' (Ripa)

`31A46:31A22321` diseases❧liver (human anatomy)

IV i 85Δευκηπατίας Liver-pale

`31A51` making toilet

I viii 33Lentiscum mandere Munching mastic

`31A511` mirror

II iii 50Tanquam in speculo. Tanquam in tabula As though in a mirror. As though in a picture

`31A5111(+0)` looking in the mirror; (possibly: contemplation of own beauty) (+ variant)

`31A51111` reflection (in a mirror)

II iv 4Ex fronte perspicere To see on the face of it

`31A513` making up

IV viii 62Lecythem habet in malis She has the bottle by her chops

`31A5142` perfumes

`31A5142(LOZENGES)` perfumes (LOZENGES)

II ix 48Pastillos Rufillus olet, Gorgonius hircum Rufillus reeks of lozenges, Gorgonius of he-goat

`31A5142:31A332` perfumes❧disagreeable, repellent smell

IV x 10Schoenicolae Wearers of rush-scent

`31A5143` ointments

`31A51452(+0)` perfume bottle (+ variant)

IV viii 62Lecythem habet in malis She has the bottle by her chops

`31A514:41C636` using scents, perfumes, ointments, etc.❧honey

II x 9Melle temetipsum perungis You anoint yourself with honey

`31A515` painting of body or face

I v 48Os sublinere To smear someone's face

`31A5151` tattooing

IV ii 76Epimenideum corium Epimenides' skin

`31A531` care of the hair

III iv 78Lysicrates alter A second Lysicrates

`31A532` hair-cutting

`31A533` styles of hairdress

II iii 28Servilis capillus A slave haircut

`31A533(LONG HAIR)` styles of hairdress (LONG HAIR)

`31A5331` wig

III iii 94Penicissare To wear a wig

`31A5332` shaven head

III iii 34Radit usque ad cutem He shaves close to the skin

`31A5333` tonsure

I v 51Circumtondere comam To cut the hair all round

`31A5334` lock of hair

II v 60Calvus comatus A bald man with long hair

`31A5339` baldness

`31A534` beard

`31A5349` false beard or moustache

II iii 99Naviges in Troezenem Take ship for Troezen

`31A535` barber, barbershop

`31A5351` razor

`31A5353` shaving, being shaved

III iii 34Radit usque ad cutem He shaves close to the skin

`31A5353(+0)` shaving, being shaved (+ variant)

II v 11Leonem radere To shave a lion

`31A5353(+927)` shaving, being shaved (+ punishing)

IV vii 22Αποσκυθισαι A Scythian shave

`31A539` tousled hair

III ii 27Cilicii imperatores Cilician generals

`31A54` washing and bathing

`31A541(+0)` washing one's hands (+ variant)

I ix 55Illotis manibus With unwashed hands

`31A542:31A2213` washing one's face and head❧ears

II iv 94Purgatis auribus With well-washed ears

`31A543(+0)` washing one's feet (+ variant)

I ix 54Illotis pedibus ingredi To enter with unwashed feet

`31A545` taking a bath

I x 37Mihi ipsi balneum ministrabo I'll fix my own bath

`31A545(+0)` taking a bath (+ variant)

I i 5Infixo aculeo fugere To flee after planting the dart

`31A5451` public baths

`31A5451:21D3` public baths❧steam

III i 61Teneri calidis balneis Softened by hot baths

`31A5454` tub-bath

`31A545:22E1` taking a bath❧heat

II iii 65Herculanea balnea Hercules' baths

`31A545:33A3` taking a bath❧visiting; receiving guests; elegant company

II vii 85Una lavabor I will bathe with you

`31A5461` soap

`31A54611` soap-bubble

`31A5462` brush, sponge, etc. (toilet articles)

I vii 38Spongia mollior As soft as a sponge

`31A551` dressing oneself, getting dressed

`31A552` undressing oneself, getting undressed

IV vii 86Aut abi aut exuere Either go off or strip off

`31A5541` stripping, undressing someone else

I iv 76Nudo vestimenta detrahere To drag the clothes off a naked man

`31A56` servant

I i 5Infixo aculeo fugere To flee after planting the dart

`31A59` absence of hygiene, uncleanliness

`31A61` urination

I v 68In matellam immeiere To make water in a chamber-pot

`31A611` chamber-pot

`31A62` defecation

`31A621` flatulence

`31A621:31A331` flatulence❧agreeable smell

III iv 2Suus cuique crepitus bene olet Everyone thinks his own fart smells sweet

`31A63` vomiting

`31A64` nose-blowing

`31A65` spitting

`31A65(+63):24` spitting (+ upward)❧the heavens (celestial bodies)

III iv 87In coelum expuis You are spitting against heaven

`31A711` masculinity

`31A719` womanish man, molly-coddle, milksop

`31A719(+0)` womanish man, molly-coddle, milksop (+ variant)

II ii 65Sybaritica mensa A Sybaritic table

`31A72` female sex; woman

II v 51Ne gladium tollas mulier Woman must never draw a sword

`31A721` femininity

II iv 63Agathonis cantio Agathon's tune

`31A7211` virginity

IV iii 69Si tanti vitrum, quanti margaritum If glass is worth that much, what price pearls?

`31A721:54BB31` femininity❧Damage, Disservice; 'Danno' (Ripa)

III x 21Foemina nihil pestilentius Nothing is more noxious than a woman

`31AA22111(LIPS)` parts of the face: lips - AA - mask (mould taken from face)

I ix 93Summis labiis With the tip of the lips

`31AA2221` heart - AA - female human figure

III vi 51Mulieris animus Heart of a woman

`31AA247` looking over the shoulder - AA - female human figure

III vi 15Illo respiciens, sed hic remitte bona You may look back that way, but pass the goods this way

`31AA25` postures and gestures of arms and hands - AA - both arms or hands

I ix 16Ambabus manibus haurire To take with both hands

`31AA2511(+912)` arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ laughing, joy)

IV ix 12Sustollere manus Raise hands on high

`31AA2511(+921)` arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ threatening; fury)

II iv 6Caelum territat He affrights the sky

`31AA2511(+934):24` arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)❧the heavens (celestial bodies)

IV iii 67Coelum digito attingere To touch the heavens with your finger

`31AA2512(+933)` arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)

`31AA2512(+934)` arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)

IV v 31Non una manu capere Catch with both hands

`31AA2512(+935)` arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ receiving something)

`31AA25171(+911)` arm bent behind the back - AA - both arms or hands (+ saluting, showing reverence)

III iv 99In tergore bovis desedit Seated on the ox's hide

`31AA2541(+91)` gripping someone by the arm - AA - both arms or hands (+ relations with friendly, non-aggressive character (expressive connotations))

II ii 79Quae sub alis fiunt Underarm actions

`31AA27481` turning something, (causing) circular movement - AA - female human figure

II viii 2Hyperi vertigo The twirling of a pestle

`31AA332:47I214` disagreeable, repellent smell - AA - female human figure❧goat

III iv 66Anus hircum olet The old woman smells like a goat

`31AA34` taste, tasting (one of the five senses) - AA - female human figure

I ix 92Primoribus labiis degustare To taste with the tip of one's tongue

`31AA4111` blind, blindness - AA - metaphorically blind

IV iii 42Caecum insomnium A blind dream

`31AA463322` coughing - AA - female human figure

IV x 22Scraptae Gob-hawkers

`31AA464(+0)` emotional illness, derangement, madness - AA - female human figure (+ variant)

III vii 16Anicularum deliramenta Ravings of silly old women

`31AA513` making up - AA - (for) women

III vii 62Simia fucata A painted monkey

`31AA5349` false beard or moustache - AA - ~ women

IV ii 17Pronomi barba Pronomus' beard

`31AA54` washing and bathing - AA - in the open air

III x 88Aethiops non albescit The African cannot become white

`31AA651` spittle, spit - AA - female human figure

IV x 22Scraptae Gob-hawkers

`31B` mind, spirit

`31B1` sleeping; unconsciousness

`31B11` sleeping in bed

`31B14` yawning

`31B16` going to sleep

`31B17` waking up

`31B181` fainting, swooning

III ii 60Aspersisti aquam You've sprinkled me with water

`31B19` resting

V ii 21Liber non est, qui non aliquando nihil agit A man is not free unless he sometimes does nothing

`31B1:23R2` sleeping; unconsciousness❧day from sunrise to sunset

IV iv 4Ημερόκοιτος Daysleeper

`31B3` dream

`31B33` prophetic dream

I vii 87Quaecunque in somnio videntur What we see in a dream

`31B33:31E` prophetic dream❧death of human being

`31B34` interpreting a dream

`31B3:41C621` dream❧bread, loaf

III x 86Canis panes somnians A dog dreaming of bread

`31B5` the mind affected by drink, drugs or stimulants

I vii 1Odi memorem compotorem I hate a pot-companion with a good memory

`31B52` drunkenness

`31B520` 'Ubriachezza' (Ripa)

I iii 3Citra vinum timulentia Intoxication without wine

`31B521` drunkard

`31B521:31B1` drunkard❧sleeping; unconsciousness

III vi 83Temulentus dormiens non est excitandus Let a sleeping drunk lie

`31B52:57A66` drunkenness❧Seriousness

III vii 44Ventre pleno melior consultatio You can think better on a full stomach

`31B53` addiction

II vii 62Lotum gustavit He has tasted the Lotus

`31B59` sobriety; 'Sobrietà', 'Astinenza' (Ripa)

`31B59(+0)` sobriety; 'Sobrietà', 'Astinenza' (Ripa) (+ variant)

`31B591` temperance, teetotalism

IV i 71Cereri sacrificant They sacrifice to Ceres

`31B62` morphology of facial expression

II iv 4Ex fronte perspicere To see on the face of it

`31B621` morphology of facial expression ~ eyes

III vii 71Pyrrichen oculis prae se ferens To cast a Pyrrhic look

`31B621(+921)` morphology of facial expression ~ eyes (+ threatening; fury)

II ix 98Nauphracton tueri To have a warship look

`31B6211` looking upwards

II vii 73Ne unquam viri senis Never ... of an old man

`31B6212` looking downwards

`31B6214` weeping

`31B62141` tears

`31B62141:31A22611` tears❧blood

II iv 65Sanguine flere To weep tears of blood

`31B6215` frowned eyebrows

I viii 49Attollere supercilium, ponere supercilium To raise the brows, to relax the brows

`31B6215(+0)` frowned eyebrows (+ variant)

IV ix 72Supercilium salit My eyebrow twitches

`31B6215(+9212)` frowned eyebrows (+ challenging)

III v 71Contrahere supercilium, inflare buccas Contracting the brow, inflating the cheeks

`31B6216` lifted eyebrows

I viii 49Attollere supercilium, ponere supercilium To raise the brows, to relax the brows

`31B62171` one eye closed, winking

`31B621:54AA42` morphology of facial expression ~ eyes❧Wildness, Untamedness

II vii 92Atrei oculi The eyes of Atreus

`31B6221` nose turned up

I viii 22Naso suspendere To turn up the nose

`31B6223(+921)` nostrils wide open (+ threatening; fury)

II viii 60Fames et mora bilem in nasum conciunt Hunger and waiting fill the nose with bile

`31B62313` smiling

IV x 60Intra labia risit He kept his laughter within his mouth

`31B62321` laughing

`31B62323` tongue stuck out

IV iv 27Lingere salem To lick salt

`31B62323:41C661` tongue stuck out❧salt

III vii 33Salem lingere To lick salt

`31B6233(+912)` mouth wide open (+ laughing, joy)

II vi 39Risus syncrusius Shaking with laughter

`31B62331` mouth wide open, teeth pressed together

II vi 32Dentem dente rodere To grind one tooth on another

`31B6234` chewing

`31B62341` biting

`31B62341:31A22111(LIPS)` biting❧parts of the face: lips

III vii 69Mordere labrum To bite one's lip

`31B62341:31A2213` biting❧ears

V i 52Auriculam mordicus Bite off an ear

`31B6234:25G21(BEANS)` chewing❧fruits: beans

IV vi 37Fabarum arrosor Gnawer of beans

`31B6235` speaking

`31B6235(+82)` speaking (+ female (human being) (not to be used where -AA- is prescribed))

II ix 10Effoeminatorum etiam oratio effoeminata Womanish men's language is womanish too

`31B6235(+921)` speaking (+ threatening; fury)

I ii 84Devotionis templum Temple of cursing

`31B62350` voice

`31B62351` crying, shouting

`31B62351(+0):49L51` crying, shouting (+ variant)❧pen

IV vi 33Calamoboas Pen-shouter

`31B62351(+92)` crying, shouting (+ relations with aggressive, hostile character (expressive connotations))

`31B62352` whispering

`31B62359` being silent

`31B623591` putting a finger to the lips, 'Silentium'; 'Silentio' (Ripa)

`31B62359:31D15` being silent❧adult woman

IV i 97Mulierem ornat silentium Silence becomes a woman

`31B6235:22D2` speaking❧soft sound

IV i 35Palpo percutere Piercing with a caress

`31B6235:25G41(ROSE)` speaking❧flowers: rose

II vi 42Rosas loqui To speak roses

`31B6235:31A651` speaking❧spittle, spit

II ix 44Psecas aut ros Drizzle or dew

`31B6235:31D14` speaking❧adult man

IV i 97Mulierem ornat silentium Silence becomes a woman

`31B6235:51E11` speaking❧Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)

IV ii 11Byzeni libertas The freedom of Byzenus