I.the sea (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for Lat. mare): fervit aestu pelagus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: “pelagus remis petere coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 40: in pelago,” Lucr. 4, 432: pelagus tenuere rates, the open sea, the main. Verg. A. 5, 8: “pelago Danaūm insidias Praecipitare,” id. ib. 2, 36: “pelago dare vela patenti,” id. G. 2, 41; 1, 142: “qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem,” Hor. C. 1, 3, 11: “pelago terrāque pericula passus,” Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 7: “lustrare pelagus,” Val. Fl. 3, 608; Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35; Juv. 1, 135; 12, 17: “saeviente pelago,” Tac. A. 15, 46: “vortices pelagi,” Just. 4, 1, 13: “nantes lubrico pelagi,” Val. Max. 3, 2, 10: “pelagus Ciliciae,” Vulg. Act. 27, 5.— Poet., a mass of water, like the sea: “pelago premit arva sonanti,” Verg. A. 1, 246.—
pĕlăgus , i (Gr. plur. pelagē, Lucr. 5, 35; 6, 619), n., = πέλαγος,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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