sinus ūs, m
a bent surface, curve, fold, hollow, coil: draco . . . conficiens sinūs e corpore flexos, C.
poët.: (serpens) flectit sinūs, O.: spatium rhombi
Implevit sinūs, i. e. stretched the folds (of the net), Iu.:
sinūs inplere secundos, i. e. the swelling
sails, V.: Ut fieret torto nexilis orbe sinus, i. e. a
ringlet, O.—The fold of the toga about the breast, bosom, lap: cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu litteras: In sinu ferens deos, H.:
sinūs conlecta fluentīs, V.
—Prov.: talos Ferre sinu laxo, i. e. to be careless about, H.—A
purse, money: non habet ille sinum, O.: avaritiae, Iu.—A garment: auratus,
O.: regalis, O.—Of a person, the bosom: colubram Sinu fovit, Ph.: in sinu consulis recubans, L.:
Usque metu micuere sinūs, dum, etc.,
O.—A bay, bight, gulf: ex alto sinus ab litore ad urbem
inflectitur: sinūs maritimi: Illyricos penetrare
sinūs, V.— The land around a gulf, shore of a bay:
in Maliaco sinu is locus erat, L.: omnis propior sinus tenebatur, Ta.—A fold in land, basin,
hollow, valley: terra in ingentem sinum consedit, L.:
montium, Cu.—Fig., the bosom, love,
affection, intimacy, protection: hicine non gestandus in sinu
est? T.: iste vero sit in sinu semper meo: (Pompeius) in
sinu est, i. e. dear to me: Bibulum noli dimittere e
sinu tuo, from your intimacy: negotium sibi in sinum
delatum esse, committed to his care. —The interior, inmost part,
heart: in sinu urbis sunt hostes, S.—A
hiding-place, place of concealment: in sinu gaudere, i. e.
in their sleeves.
