Abdomen
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English-Latin
abdomen, n.
- The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.
Latin-English
abdōm|en, -ĭnis. (abˈdo.men) neut.
- The belly; the stomach; the abdomen.
[Of unknown etymology. Perhaps either from abdere, or by contraction for *adipomen, from adeps.]
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Constructions
Participle constructions
- natus abdomini — ‘born for his belly,’ Cic. [αʹ], Hist. Aug. ([ιγʹ])
Usage
The abdomen of humans is chiefly spoken of with reference to excessive appetite. [αʹ] [α²] [βʹ]...
Loci
- αʹ def use v. Cicero, In Pisonem 17.41: gurges atque helluo natus abdomini suo non laudi et gloriae
- α² def use ibid. 27.66: solet ... oculorum et aurium delectationi abdominis voluptates anteferre
- βʹ def use Cicero, Pro Sestio 51.110: manebat insaturabile abdomen
- γʹ def Plautus, Curculio 2.3.44: pernam, abdomen, sumen sueris, glandium
- δʹ Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 5.1.5: iamdudum gestit moecho hoc abdomen adimere
- εʹ def Pliny, Naturalis Historia 11.84.211: antiqui abdomen vocabant prius quam calleret
- στʹ def ibid., 8.77.209: hinc censoriarum legum paginae interdictaque cenis abdomina, glandia, testiculi, vulvae, sincipita verrina
- στ² ibid.: cena [...] nulla memoretur sine abdomine, etiam vocabulo suminis ab eo inposito.
- ζʹ def ibid., 9.18.48: hi membratim caesi cervice et abdomine commendantur atque clidio
- ηʹ Seneca Minor, De Beneficiis 7.26: alius libidine insanit, alius abdomini servit, alius lucri totus est, [...] alius invidia laborat, alius caeca ambitione, [...]
- θʹ Apuleius, De Dogmate Platonis 1.13: capitis arcem, [...] domicilium cordis, [...] infernas abdominis sedes
- ιʹ def Lucilius, quoted by Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.20.4:
- ————— ————— ————— —— āb|dōmĭnă | thȳnnī
- ādvĕnĭ|ēntĭbŭs | prīvă dă|bō cĕphă|lāeăqu(e) ă|cārnāe.
- ιαʹ Juvenal, Satura 2.86:
- ιβʹ ibid., 4.107:
- ιγʹ v. ‘Trebellius Pollio,’ Historia Augusta, “Gallieni Duo” 16.1: Gallieni ... qui natus abdomini et voluptatibus dies ac noctes vino et stupris perdidit
- ιδʹ def Ausonius, Mosella:
- ιεʹ Prudentius, Liber Peristephanon 10:
- ιστʹ def Apollinaris Sidonius, Epistulae 2: qui repulsi in gurgitem pigriorem carnes rubras albis abdominibus extendunt
- ιζʹ ibid., 3: tota nihilominus haec ossium ramosa compago sub uno velut exundantis abdominis pelago latet.
