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rūga , ae, f.,
I.a crease in the face, a wrinkle.
A. In gen. (class.; usu. in plur.).
(α). Plur.: “non cani non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,Cic. Sen. 18, 62: “vos populumque Romanum non consilio neque eloquentiā, sed rugis supercilioque decepit,id. Red. in Sen. 7, 15: nec pietas moram Rugis et instanti senectae Afferet, Hor. C. 2, 14, 3: “vis tu remittere aliquid ex rugis,Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 2: “rugas in fronte contrahere,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26: “rugis vetus Frontem senectus exaret,Hor. Epod. 8, 4; cf.: frontem rugis arat, * Verg. A. 7, 417: “dum tarda senectus inducat rugas,Tib. 2, 2, 20; Hor. C. 4, 13, 11: “sulcare cutem rugis,Ov. M. 3, 276; 14, 96; 15, 232 et saep. al.— “Prov.: de rugis crimina multa cadunt,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 46.—
(β). Sing. (poet.): “faceret scissas languida ruga genas?Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 6; 3 (4), 25, 12; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 34, id. A. A. 1, 240; Juv. 13, 215; 14, 325.—
B. Transf., a crease, fold, plait, wrinkle, corrugation, etc., of any kind (post-Aug.; cf. “rugo, I.): margaritae flavescunt senectā rugisque torpescunt,Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109: “aquilonis afflatus poma deturpans rugis,id. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 12, 7, 14, § 26; 17, 14, 24, § 107 al.; of the folds of garments, id. 35, 8, 34, § 56; Macr. S. 2, 9.—In sing.: “jam deciens redit in rugam,Pers. 6, 79 Gildersleeve ad loc.: “vestes quoque diutius vinctas ruga consumet,Petr. 102, 12.—
2. The female screw, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, In the Senate after his Return, 7.15
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.276
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.417
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.26
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.56
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.17.2
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 18
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.7
    • Persius, Saturae, 6
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