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ŏpācus , a, um, adj.
I. 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.—
B. Transf.
1. 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.—*
2. Bushy, thick: “barba,Cat. 37, 19.—
II. 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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.274
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.438
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.123
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.107
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.725
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 23.14
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.122
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.43
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.6.25
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.5
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.3.15
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.22
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