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unda, ae, f. [Sanscr. root ud-, und-, to be wet; whence, uda, water; Angl. -Sax. ydhu, wave; Slav. voda, water; Gr. ὕδωρ, ὑάδες; Goth. vatō, water], a wave, billow, surge (syn. fluctus).

I Lit.: mare plenum undarum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 33 (513): unda, cum est pulsa remis, purpurascit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 162, 30: via, quae fert Acherontis ad undas, Verg. A. 6, 295; Lucr. 1, 374; 1, 380; 3, 494; Hor. C. 1, 12, 32; 4, 14, 20; id. Ep. 2, 2, 176; Ov. M. 1, 570.— Collect.: prora remissa subito navem undae adfligebat, Liv. 24, 34, 11.—
- B Transf.
- - 1 In gen.
  - - a Water, moisture (mostly poet.; cf.: aqua, lympha): (Proteus) flumen eras, interdum undis contrarius ignis, Ov. M. 8, 737: fontis in undā, id. ib. 4, 98; cf.: fons tenui perlucidus undā, id. ib. 3, 161: (Noti) canis fluit unda capillis, id. ib. 1, 266: nivales, snow-water, Mart. 14, 118, 1: ignem Pollux undamque jugalem Praetulit, fire and water, as symbols of housekeeping, Val. Fl. 8, 245, hence, faciunt justos ignis et unda viros, i. e. real, proper husbands, Ov. A. A. 2, 598.—
    - b A fluid, liquid. manans naribus unda Sangninis, Sil. 10, 245: preli, i.e. oil, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: croci, Mart. 8, 33, 4; 13, 40, 1.—Cf the lava from Aetna, Lucil. Aet. 303.—
  - 2 Of wavelike things (poet.): aëriae, i. e. the air, Lucr. 2, 152: quā plurimus undam Fumus agit, Verg. A. 8, 257.—Of a lion's mane, Mart. 8, 55, 10.—
  - 3 In architecture, for the Gr. cymatium (κυμάτιον, a little wave), a talon, ogee, Vitr. 5, 7.—
II Trop., of the wavelike agitation of a multitude, etc., a surge, billow, stream, tide, = aestus: campus atque illae undae comitiorum, Cic. Planc. 6, 15: nunc agilis fio et mersor civilibus undis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: adversis rerum immersabilis undis, id. ib. 1, 2, 22: curarum, Cat. 64, 62: bellorum, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 507: salutantūm unda, a stream, crowd, throng, Verg. G. 2, 462; so, undae Boiorum, Sil. 4, 159.

unda, ae, f. (vgl. altind. undáti, benetzt, udan, Woge, Wasser, griech. ὕδωρ, böot. οὔδωρ), die Welle des Meeres, die Woge, u. kollekt. die Wellen, die Wogen, I) eig.: maris unda, Cic.: undae tumidae, Ov.: undae fluctuantes, Sen.: unda supervenit undam, Hor. – II) übtr. u. meton.: A) übtr., die Woge, der Wogendrang, bes. von der unruhigen Menge, undae comitiorum, das unruhige, stürmische Treiben, Cic.: magnis curarum fluctuat undis, Catull.: unda salutantum, Strom, Menge, Verg.: undae civiles, Hor.: adversis rerum undis, Hor.: in his undis et tempestatibus (Wogendrang u. Stürmen politischer Unruhen) ad summam senectutem maluit iactari, Cic. – B) meton.: 1) das Naß, a) das fließende Gewässer, Wasser, fontis, Ov.: magna vis undae, Sen.: unda pura, Verg.: fluens unda, Ggstz. putealis unda, Colum., puteales undae, Ov.: undae argenteae, Apul.: unda Sicula, das sizilische Meer, Hor. u. so spez. = das Meer, inter undas, Ggstz. in terra, Val. Max.: nivales undae, Schneewasser, Mart.: faciunt iustos ignis et unda viros, zu rechten Ehemännern (weil Wasser und Feuer als Symbole des Hauswesens bei der Eheverbindung vorausgetragen wurden), Ov. – b) jede fließende Feuchtigkeit, preli, Öl, Plin.: croci, Mart. – 2) v. wellenförmig Strömendem, der Strom, undae aëriae, Luftstrom, Lucr.: unda comae, die wallende Mähne, Mart.: quā plurimus undam fumus agit, aufwirbelt, Verg.: als t.t. der Kochkunst, Welle, carnes exbromatae unā undā, Anthim. 3 in. – 3) als t.t. der Baukunst, die Kehlleiste, Hohlleiste, als Übersetzung von κυμάτιον (cymatium), Vitr. 5, 6, 6.

unda [CL] 1 wave (on surface of sea or other body of water, esp. w. ref. to movement or action); b (fig. or in fig. context). c (in gl., sg. or pl. in collect. sense) surface movement on or of body of water, (also) state or conditions (of sea or other body of water). erectis, ut aiunt, ad nebulas ~is Gildas EB 17; dum procul navigantes ~arum fremore terrentur quas sorbente voragine conlidit aestus Bede NR 233; locus accedente ac recedente reumate bis cotidie instar insulae maris circumluitur ~is Id. HE III 3; c795 nec fluctivagi maris aestus procellosis ~is obruere valet Alcuin Ep. 79; 800 te cum beato Petro tota nocte in ~is laborantem agnovimus Ib. 212; quae super extremam praedicti fluminis undam / ceu geminae ex ternis furium sedere sorores Wulf. Swith. I 511; navim vacuam sine homine et velo de ~a ad ~am ad se venientem viderunt (Declanus 11) VSH II 39. b sensuum ‥ diversorum ~is in despecta ingenii nostri cymbula fluctuabimur Gildas EB 106; ~a infidelitatis submergente Anselm (Casus diab. 21) I 267; immoteque manent idee; constat in illis / quicquid ad occasum temporis unda rapit J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1026. c estus, i. fluctus, accessus maris, ~a, inquietudo, vel recessus GlH E 360; 10‥ flustra, i. ~ae, sigend WW. 2 flow of water, flowing or running water, stream (also fig. or in fig. context); b (baptismatis or sim.). c flow, stream (of other fluid). d advancing stream or mass. fontibus lucidis crebris ~is niveas veluti glareas pellentibus Gildas EB 3; accessit ad torrentem ‥ illico siccato alveo, vidit ~am suis cessisse ac viam dedisse vestigiis Bede HE I 7 p. 20; ignem tum culpe tum pene extinguit ~a misericordie Gir. GE I 5. 18. b omnes baptismatis ~a [gl.: aqua, lavacro] regenerati Aldh. VirgP 35; omnes fide Christi institutos ~a baptismatis abluit Bede HE IV 13 p. 232; natus ‥ beatus puer sacri baptismatis ~a perfunditur Ailr. Ed. Conf. 742B; increduli, quos per ~am baptismi sacram ego benedixi (Declanus 19) VSH II 46; 1446 universis Christi fidelibus in ~a baptismatis renatis MunAcOx 554. c hic pater egregius meritis Bonifatius almis / cum sotiis pariter fundebat sanguinis undam, / inclyta martirii sumentes stemmata sacri Alcuin Carm. 86. 1; piissimi sanguinis non guttam sed ~am per quinque vulnera sacratissimi sui corporis fundens Ad. Scot QEC 878A; benedicens benedixit adhuc ut novellas plantationes suas ~a lacrimarum tempore opportuno irrigaret J. Ford Serm. 18. 7; verbo potens omnia / duxit non ingratum, / ut per undam sanguinis / solveret reatum / quem a primis patribus / noverat innatum P. Blois Carm. 22. 5. 39. d Eufrates ‥ qui fluvius est Babyloniae, mundani regni potentiam et persecutorum indicat ~as Bede Apoc. 159B; prorupit omnibus portis ~a salutantium W. Malm. GR III 245. 3 water. b (~a benedicta, sacra, or sim.) holy water. furnus, furnile, cum farre farina, legumen, / unda, mole manibus et equis, cervisia, vinum D. Bec. 1871; in prima ~a accipiantur testudines et extrahantur medulle et carnes et decoquantur in secunda aqua et in illa aqua balneetur patiens J. Mirfield Brev. 86; hec aqua ‥ hec limpha, hec ~a, A. water WW. b qualiter uxori comitis, cui miserat undam / sacram, restituit depulsa peste salutem Alcuin SS Ebor 714; hic benedictam / undam dispergit Garl. Myst. Eccl. 94.

unda, (7) æ, f. , ¶ 1 eau agitée, onde, flot, vague : mare plenum undarum Pl. Mil. 513, mer houleuse, cf. Lucr. 1, 374 ; 3, 494 ; unda supervenit undam Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 176, le flot succède au flot ¶ 2 [fig.] a) ondes de lʼair : Lucr. 2, 152 || vagues de fumée : Virg. En. 8, 257 ; b) agitation dʼune foule, vagues, remous : Cic. Planc. 15 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16 ; salutantum unda Virg. G. 2, 462, le flot des clients || adversis rerum immersabilis undis Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 22, sans être submergé par les flots de lʼadversité ¶ 3 [en gén.] onde, eau : Ov. M. 1, 266 ; 4, 98, etc. || [en parl. de lʼhuile] Plin. 15, 5 ; [du sang] Sil. 10, 245, etc.

unda, ae f

1. golf, ook coll. golven, baren;
2. (poët.; postklass.) water(en), zee, stroom [fontis; Sicula deel v.d. Middellandse Zee ten O. v. Sicilië; nivales; ferventes kolkend water]; stromend bloed [spumans]; ➤ terris vel -is agitari over land en over zee;
3. (metaf.) golf, het golven, vloed, stroom, woelige menigte [comitiorum gewoel, drukte; adversae rerum tegenslagen];
4. (Mel.) (a) ~ sacra wijwater; (b) ~ baptismatis doop.

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unda, ae, f.: onda, flutto

acqua, distesa d'acqua (poet. anche mare)

● (detto di ciò che si muove come le onde o sembra un'onda), ondata, flutto, voluta; unda sanguinis Sil fiotto di sangue

● (al pl.), marosi, burrasca, tempesta; adversis rerum immersabilis undis Or senza essere sommerso dalla tempesta della sorte avversa.

unda ae, f

VD-, a wave, billow: spectaculum undis ipsis et litoribus luctuosum: Acherontis undae, V.: ponto Unda recumbit, H.: spumosae, O.—Singcollect.: prora remissa subito navem undae adfligebat, L.—Poet., of wreaths of smoke: quā plurimus undam Fumus agit, V.—Water, moisture: undis contrarius ignis, O.: Fons tenui perlucidus undā, O.: faciunt iustos ignis et unda viros, i. e. real husbands(as symbols of household cares), O.—Fig., an agitated mass, surge, billow, stream, tide: undae comitiorum: adversis rerum inmersabilis undis, H.: salutantūm unda, V.

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