lippus

lippus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. λίπα, λίπος, fat; ἄλειφα, salve; whence adeps], blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.

• I Lit.: num tibi lippus videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21 (292): (matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 (1108) lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72 (913); id. Pers. 1, 1, 11 (11); Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: lippus Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i.e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind: fuligine lippus, Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—
    • 2 Dropping, running: lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket, Mart. 8, 59, 2: ficus, an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—
• II Trop., blind to one's own faults: vappa et lippus, Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.

lippus, a, um (zu griech. λίππος, das Fett, gotisch bi-leiban, [kleben] bleiben), triefend, I) in bezug auf die Augen: a) v. den Augen, oculus, Plaut. Bacch. 913; Pers. 11: esse lippis oculis, Vitr. 8, 4, 1. Vulg. gen. 29, 17: lacuna, vom Auge eines Einäugigen, Mart. 5, 59, 2. – b) v. Pers., triefäugig, mit entzündeten Augen, Plaut. u. Hor.: fuligine lippus, Iuven.: Messalae lippa propago, triefäugig durch schwelgerische Lebensart, entnervt, Pers.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus est, ist aller Welt bekannt, Hor. sat. 1, 7, 3 (dazu Fritzsche). – übtr., geistig blind, blödsüchtig = verschroben, patres, Pers. 1, 79. – II) v. Feigen, ficus, safttriefend (vor Überreife), saftreich, Mart. 7, 20.

lippus [CL] , (of an eye) inflamed or watery (also fig.). b (of a person, having inflamed or watery eyes). c (as sb. m., esp. in phr. ~is et tonsoribus, w. ref. to Hor.Sat. I 7. 3) to the blear-eyed and to barbers, to everyone. d inflammation or watering of the eye. Aldh. VirgV 939 (v. glaucoma 1); oculus ‥ rationis ~us est Bald. Cant. Tract. 407B; Canon. G. Sempr. f. 145 (v. lippa); oculi inspicientes oculos ~os incurrant labem consimilem J. Blund An. 114; ave, virgo, Dei theca, / per quam lusca, lippa, ceca / mens habet collirium Walt. Wimb. Virgo 8.  b ~us, suregode Ælf. Gram. 304; ~os siwenege GlP 607; sed quidnam lippum pictura decora, quid egrum / cultior esca, rudem virgo faceta juvet? L. Durh. Dial. I 105; si fueris lippus, medicales consule curas D. Bec. 1182.  c patet hoc ~is et tonsoribus Adel. QN 4 p. 9; ~is ‥ patet et tonsoribus horum omnium nichil ‥ extitisse T. Mon. Will. II 1 p. 62; de prima littera plura et preclara ~is et tonsoribus incognita enodavimus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 61; 1188 jam liquet ~is etiam et tonsoribus Ep. Cant. 269; in foribus residet vulgata solutio lippis Neckam DS IV 452.  d ~os vel lippes sunt lippitudines ut in Alexandro Alph. 104.

lippus, (12) a, um, chassieux [en parl. des yeux] : Pl. Bacch. 913 ; Pers. 11 ; Mart. 5, 59, 2 || chassieux [en parl. des pers.] : Pl. Mil. 291 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29 || qui a les yeux malades par la débauche : Pers. 1, 79 ; Juv. || aveuglé : Juv. 10, 130 || [fig.] lippa ficus Mart. 7, 20, 12, figue qui coule [très mûre].

lippus , a, um. adj.
目垢者。— ficus 未熟之無花果。

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lippus adj.,

• blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed: Non contemnas lippus inungi, H.: fuligine, blinded, Iu.—Prov.: Omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to the whole world, H.—Of mental blindness: oculis lippus inunctis, H.