skeleton
skeleton
subs.
Bones: P. and V. ὀστᾶ, τά.
Met., of one very thin: V. σκιά, ἡ, εἴδωλον, τό.
Outline: P. σκιαγραφία, ἡ ; see outline.
Frame: P. and V. κύ̆τος, τό (Plat.).
subs.
Bones: P. and V. ὀστᾶ, τά.
Met., of one very thin: V. σκιά, ἡ, εἴδωλον, τό.
Outline: P. σκιαγραφία, ἡ ; see outline.
Frame: P. and V. κύ̆τος, τό (Plat.).
SKELETON
corpus nudis ossibus cohaerens (in plur. also nudis ossibus cohaerentia; Vid: Sen. Ep. 24 17): ossa -ium neuter (the bones; e.g. belluae lacertarum et serpentium). ☞ Sceletus σκελετός is = a dried body a mummy; ☞ Apul. Met. 315 2 and 9 with 314 34 sq. He is a mere skeleton vix ossibus haeret (Verg. Ecl. 3 102); ossa atque pellis totus est (Plaut. Aul. 3 6 28). ImPROP. homo (e.g. senex) macie et squalore confectus.
corpus nudis ossibus cohaerens (in plur. also nudis ossibus cohaerentia; Vid: Sen. Ep. 24 17): ossa -ium neuter (the bones; e.g. belluae lacertarum et serpentium). ☞ Sceletus σκελετός is = a dried body a mummy; ☞ Apul. Met. 315 2 and 9 with 314 34 sq. He is a mere skeleton vix ossibus haeret (Verg. Ecl. 3 102); ossa atque pellis totus est (Plaut. Aul. 3 6 28). ImPROP. homo (e.g. senex) macie et squalore confectus.
skeleton:
1. larva: a s. modelled in silver, l. argentea, Petr. 34, 8.
2. scĕlĕtos, i, m. (σκελετὸς): App. Apol. p. 315.
3. expr. more usu. by ossa. the human s., ossium positus figuraque, Cels. 8, 1, ad init.: ossa corpori subjecta, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: the ghostly form of a fleshless s., larvalis habitus nudis ossibus cohaerens, Sen. Ep. 24, 18 (R. and A.). Fig.: of style: to imitate not merely the lifeless s., but the body itself, imitari non ossa solum sed etiam sanguinem, Cic. Brut. 17, 68: v. alsoFRAMEWORK . Phr.: (i.) Lit.: a s., corpus, Plin. 7, 16, 16: eviscerata forma diri cadaveris (prorsus horribilis et larvalis), App. Apol. p. 314, ad fin. (ii.) Transf.: to be a mere s., vix ossibus haerere, Virg. E. 3, 102: macie suprema confici, id. Aen. 3, 590: totum ossa atque pellem esse, Pl. Aul. 3, 6, 28: s.s, nay, ghosts of men, effigies, immo umbrae hominum, Liv. 21, 40. (iii.) s.-key, perh. clavis Laconica, Pl. Most. 2, 1, 57: v. comm. ad loc., and Dict. Ant. under clavis: c. adulterinae (Sall. J. 12) are sham keys.
1. larva: a s. modelled in silver, l. argentea, Petr. 34, 8.
2. scĕlĕtos, i, m. (σκελετὸς): App. Apol. p. 315.
3. expr. more usu. by ossa. the human s., ossium positus figuraque, Cels. 8, 1, ad init.: ossa corpori subjecta, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: the ghostly form of a fleshless s., larvalis habitus nudis ossibus cohaerens, Sen. Ep. 24, 18 (R. and A.). Fig.: of style: to imitate not merely the lifeless s., but the body itself, imitari non ossa solum sed etiam sanguinem, Cic. Brut. 17, 68: v. also