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pulvis , ĕris (nom. pulver, App. Herb. 35; Theod. Prisc. 1, 30; 2, 32; cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.), m. (
I.fem., Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 sq.; Prop. 1, 22, 6; 2, 13, 35 (3, 5, 19); “and also,masc., id. 1, 17, 23; 1, 19, 6; 4 (5), 9, 31).
I. Lit., dust, powder: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): fulva, id. ap. Non. 217, 13 (Ann. v. 319 ib.): “si multus erat in calceis pulvis,Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Lucr. 3, 381: “pulveris nebula,id. 5, 254: “Romani pulveris vim magnam animadvortunt,Sall. J. 53, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 26: “qui (ventus) nubes pulveris vehit,Liv. 22, 43: “prospectum oculorum nubes pulveris abstulerat,Curt. 4, 15, 32; 5, 13, 12; Sil. 2, 174: “subitam nigro glomerari pulvere nubem Prospiciunt,Verg. A. 9, 33: “pulvis collectus turbine,Hor. S. 1, 4, 31: “pulverem Olympicum Collegisse,id. C. 1, 1, 3: “crinis pulvere collines,id. ib. 1, 15, 20: “pulvere sparsi juvenes,Phaedr. 4, 24, 22: “tum caeco pulvere campus Miscetur,Verg. A. 12, 444: “pulverem excutere,Ov. A. A. 1, 150: “sedare,Phaedr. 2, 5, 18: “movere,Quint. 5, 10, 81: “excitare,Col. Arb. 12: “glaebam in pulverem resolvere,id. 11, 2, 60: eruditus, the dust or sand in which mathematicians drew their figures, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64: “formas in pulvere describere,Liv. 25, 31; Pers. 1, 131: “amomi,dust, powder, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 69: “carbonis,coal-dust, id. A. A. 3, 628. —Poet.: “Etrusca,” i. e. soil, Prop. 1, 22, 6; so of potters' earth, Mart. 14, 1021; 1141; of volcanic ashes: “Puteolanus,pozzolana, Stat. S. 4, 3, 53; Sen. Q. N. 3, 20, 3; Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 166.—Of the dust or ashes of the dead: “pulvis et umbra sumus,Hor. C. 4, 7, 16 al.; cf.: “pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris,Vulg. Gen. 3, 19: “hibernus,” i. e. a dry winter, Verg. G. 1, 101.—Esp.: pulvis belli, war: “formosus pulvere belli,Mart. 8, 65, 3: “duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidi,Hor. C. 2, 1, 22: “in pulverem Martium tractus,Amm. 16, 1, 5: “exercitus pulvere coalitus Martio,id. 21, 12, 22.—In plur.: “novendiales,Hor. Epod. 17, 48: “cineris pulveres,Pall. 3, 25, 14 (cf. id. 11, 14, 15): “pulverum mole degravante,Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 13: “natio ad pulveres Martios erudita,Amm. 23, 6, 83.—Prov.: sulcos in pulvere ducere, to draw furrows in the sand, i. e. to give one's self useless trouble, Juv. 7, 48: pulverem ob oculos aspergere, to throw dust in one's eyes, i. e. to deceive, Gell. 5, 21, 4.—
II. Transf.
A. A place of contest, arena, lists: domitant in pulvere currus, Verg. A. 7, 163; Mart. 12, 83.—
2. In gen., a scene of action, field (cf. arena): “doctrinam ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque pulverem produxit,” i. e. before the public, Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14; cf. Hor. C. 1, 8, 4: “educenda dictio est in agmen, in pulverem,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: “forensis pulvis,Quint. 10, 1, 33: “inque suo noster pulvere currat equus,on his own field, within his own territory, Ov. F. 2, 360.—
B. Toil, effort, labor (poet.): “cui sit condicio dulcis sine pulvere palmae,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 51.
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