I.flesh (animal or vegetable).
I. Lit., of animals: “deturbavit totum cum carni carnarium,” Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 6: “carnem Latinis petere,” Cic. Planc. 9, 23; id. Pis. 27, 67: “alicui carnem dare,” Liv. 32, 1, 9; 37, 3, 4: “lacte et carne vivere,” Caes. B. G. 5, 14; 6, 22: “ferina,” venison, Sall. J. 89, 7: “cruda,” Suet. Ner. 37: “tosta,” Ov. M. 12, 156 al.; cf. “humana,” Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 195.—So also freq. in plur., Enn. Ann. 327 Vahl.; Ov. M. 2, 769; 14, 208; Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126 et saep.—The flesh, pulp, of fruits, Plin. 15, 24, 27, § 96; 28, 14, 58, § 205; Pall. Febr. 25, 12; id. Nov. 17, 1.—Also the inner, white part of the wood of trees, under the alburnum, Plin. 16, 38, 72, § 181.—
2. Esp., of the human body (in opp. to the spirit), as the seat of the passions: “animus liber habitat: numquam me caro ista compellet ad metum,” Sen. Ep. 65, 22.—In contempt: “caro putida,” of a stupid person, Cic. Pis. 9, 19.—
B. Meton., of precious stones, the Gr. σαρκίον, the soft part, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 73.—
II. Trop., of discourse, richness: “Aeschines carnis plus habet, minus lacertorum,” Quint. 10, 1, 77 Spald. and Frotsch.
