lineamentum

līnĕāmentum (līnĭā-), i, n. [linea], a line or stroke made with a pen, with chalk, etc., a mark, line.

• I Lit.: in geometria lineamenta formae, etc., lines, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 187: lineamentum, longitudinem latitudine carentem, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 36, 116. —
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 A feature, lineament: quae conformatio lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: lineamenta hospitae, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: lineamenta oris effingere, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, Liv. 21, 4: corporis, id. 26, 41.—
    • 2 In plur., of the works of artists, designs, drawings, delineations: adumbratorum deorum lineamenta, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: operum lineamenta, id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98.—
• II Trop., a feature, lineament: animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: numerus quasi quandam palaestram et extrema lineamenta orationi attulit, id. Or. 56, 186: Catonis lineamentis nihil nisi eorum pigmentorum, quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse, sketches, outlines, id. Brut. 87, 298.

līneāmentum (in den besten Hdschrn. līniāmentum), ī, n. (linea), die Linie-, der Zug mit der Feder oder Kreide usw., der Federstrich, Federzug, die Federzeichnung, der Strich, I) eig.: lineamentum longitudo latitudine carens, Cic. Acad. 2, 116: in geometria lineamenta, Cic. de or. 1, 187: omnes pilas columnasque notaverat cretā, quae lineamenta (Kreidestriche) evicerunt spississimam noctem, Petron. 79, 4. – II) übtr., im Plur., die Umrisse, 1) die Umrisse, Konturen, Skizze, Grund- und Hauptzüge, Züge einer Zeichnung, einer Statue, cedo mihi istorum adumbratorum deorum lineamenta et formas, Cic.: tu illius aeris temperationem, tu operum lineamenta sollertissime perspicis, Cic. – numerus quasi extrema lineamenta orationi attulit, rundet die Rede gleichsam ab, Cic. or. 186. – dah. Skizzen, Umrisse = nicht gehörig ausgearbeitete Schrift, Catonis, Cic. Brut. 298. – 2) die Umrisse, Grundrisse des Körpers, bes. des Gesichts, die äußere Gestalt, Züge a) übh.: unguium lineamenta (an den neugeborenen Bären), Solin.: similitudo oris vultusque et lineamenta corporis, Liv.: erat et oris et corporis lineamentis persimilis, Iustin.: ut homunculis similem fingeret deum, lineamentis tantum extremis, non habitu solido, Cic.: animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis, Cic. de fin. 3, 75. – b) prägn., die Gesichtszüge, lineamentorum qualitas matri ac filio similis, Iustin.: lineamentorum filiae similitudo, Iustin.

lineamentum [CL] 1 flaxen or linen wick. de linamento vel candela Aldh. Aen. 52 (Candela tit. v. l.) . 2 line drawn on surface. columellas, diversis linimentis Gl. Leid. 35. 257; liniamentis, signis Ib. 40. 21. 3 line drawn as boundary, or bounded territory. 957 ejusdem [Adam] ‥ protogenis ‥ per diversa quinque †tonarum [l. zonarum] liniamenta pullulante prosapia CS 995 (cf. Chr. Abingd. I 204, 239: zonarum). 4 lineament: a (of human body); b (of object or abstr.). a liniamentis Gildas EB 4 (v. extra 5a); solent ‥ artifices imaginum ‥ pulcherrima membrorum liniamenta fabrefactis cultibus decorare Aldh. VirgP 60; formetur usque ad perfecta liniamenta omnium membrorum Bede Hom. II 1. 118; an nescis prophetas dixisse Deum caput, oculos, nares, manus, brachia et universa corporis liniamenta habere Petrus Dial. 17; per singula corporis linementa Gir. JS sup. 146; Jupiter caliditate et humiditate inplendo tenuia, corroborat fetum, et tunc aptior redditur ad exitum, ~is completis totius corporis et corroboratis Quaest. Salern. B 194.  b integritatis clamide qua angelicae puritatis liniamento velut domestica soliditate adsciscebatur Aldh. VirgP 29; Deus ‥ talibus non subjacet liniamentis [sc. quattuor elementis] Petrus Dial. 14; argilla et cera ‥ facilius et fidelius effigiantur ad imprimentis arbitrium, si nulla prius in se susceperint ~a formarum P. Blois Ep. 101. 312B; magnum pietatis sacramentum juxta verbum Domini in cruce in cunctis partibus et ~is suis consummatum est J. Ford Serm. 98. 5; consideremus universum corpus materie et omnia linamenta corporis illius prosequamur Vinsauf AV II 3. 154. 5 lining (by assoc. w. 2 linimentum): a (med.) ointment. b coating. a liniamenta Bacon VII 71 (v. deforis 2a); liniamenta et ablutiones abstergentes Bacon IX 72.  b parietes cancelli sine ~o cementi Vis. S. Paul. 21.

līnĕāmentum (12) (līnĭā-), ī, n. (linea), ligne, trait de plume, de craie : Cic. de Or. 1, 187 ; Ac. 2, 116 || pl., linéaments, contours, traits : Cic. Nat. 1, 75 ; operum lineamenta Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 98, les contours (la ligne) de ces œuvres dʼart, cf. Cic. Or. 186 || dessin du style : Cic. Br. 298 || traits [du visage] : Cic. Div. 1, 23.

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līneāmentum (līniā-) ī, n

• linea, a line, stroke, mark: in geometriā lineamenta, formae, etc.: liniamentum, longitudo latitudine carens.— A feature, lineament: conformatio liniamentorum: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, L.: animi liniamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis.—Plur, designs, drawings, delineations: adumbratorum deorum.—Fig., a feature, lineament: numerus quasi extrema liniamenta orationi attulit, finish: Catonis liniamenta, outlines.