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Ar. and P. ἄ̆κᾰτος, ἡ, κέλης, ὁ, P. and V. πλοῖον, τό. V. πορθμί̆ς, ἡ ; see boat.
subs.
Ar. and P. ἄ̆κᾰτος, ἡ, κέλης, ὁ, P. and V. πλοῖον, τό. V. πορθμί̆ς, ἡ ; see boat.
SKIFF
s. scapha (especially a ship’s boat): cymba (a small boat to navigate a lake for fishing etc.): alveus; lembus (flat-bottomed): linter (canoe): navicula: navigiolum: actuariolum: lenunculus. Sometimes navis: navigium.
s. scapha (especially a ship’s boat): cymba (a small boat to navigate a lake for fishing etc.): alveus; lembus (flat-bottomed): linter (canoe): navicula: navigiolum: actuariolum: lenunculus. Sometimes navis: navigium.
v. *scaphā or cymbā navigare.
skiff:
1. scăpha: a two-oared s., biremis s., Hor. Od. 3, 29, 62: Cic.: Caes. Dimin.: scăphŭla: Veg.
2. cymba (mostly poet.: esp. of Charon's s.): a number of s.s, multitudo cymbarum, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58. Virg. Dimin.: cymbŭla, Plin. Ep. 8, 20.
3. linter, tris, f. (once m. in Tibull.; prop. a barge or canoe): Vell. 2, 107, 1 (as syn. of alveus, and navicula). Dimin.: lintrĭcŭlus, Cic. Att. 10, 10.
4. lēnuncŭlus: Caes. B. C. 2, 43: Tac. (It is a dimin. of lembus, a pinnace or cutter: Prud. has lembŭlus.)
5. nāvĭcŭla: Cic. Acad. 2, extr. The forms navicella and naucella occur in the Dig.: hence, to sail in a s., nauculari, Mart. 3, 20, 20.
6. nāvĭgiŏlum: Lentul. in Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2.
7. hŏriŏla (dimin. of hŏria, a smack): Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 100.
8. alveus: Virg. Aen. 6, 412: Vell.
9. actuāriŏlum (a small swift rowing boat): Cic. Att. 16, 3, ad fin.
10. rătis, is, f. (prop. a raft: the poet. term): Catul.: Virg.
11. nāvia (a canoe): Mela, 3, 7. Phr.: a s., navigium minutum, Cic. Att. 16, 1: he does not see a single s., scalmum nullum videt, id. Off. 3, 14, 59.
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1. sollers, tis (also solers: abl. in i, once ĕ in Ov.: constr. with abl. after in: poet. with gen. or infin.): the works of provident and s. nature, opera providae sollertisque naturae, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: a painter s. in his art, pictor s. in arte, Plin. 35, 11, 40 § 142: the Muse s. in the lyre, Musa lyrae s., Hor. A. P. 407.
2. pĕrītus (experienced: constr. with gen., abl., or inf.: the rarer constr. are abl. with in or de, acc. with ad or simple acc.): very s. generals, peritissimi duces, Caes. B. C. 3, 73: s. in the art of war, rei militaris p., id. B. C. 3, 61: who is more s. in law? quis jure peritior? Cic. Clu. 38, 107 (where p. judiciorum follows in the same pass.); id. Fontei. 15, 33: s. in singing, p. cantare, Virg. E. 10, 32.
3. ērŭdītus (prop. a part., accomplished: constr. with abl., rarely inf. or simple acc.): s. in foreign arts, e. transmarinis artibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 15: most s. in the knowledge of the civil law, disciplina juris eruditissimus, id. de Or. 1, 39, 180: Hermes, s. in all sorts of weapons, Hermes omnibus e. armis, Mart. 5, 24, 2.
4. exercĭtātus (practised: constr. with in and abl.): Cic. Phil. 6, 6, 17: v.PRACTISED .
5. doctus (learned: constr. with gen., acc. with or without ad, abl. with or without in, or inf.: esp. freq. in poet.): maiden more s. in song than Sappho the muse, Sapphica puella Musa doctior, Catul. 35, 17: most s. in speaking, fandi doctissima, Virg. Aen. 10, 225: the s. hand of an artist, d. manus artificis, Tib. 1, 8, 12: Hor.: Cic.
6. sciens, ntis (expert in: constr. with gen.: in poet. with inf.): a man most s. in ruling the state, vir regendae reipublicae scientissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214: s. in managing a steed, flectere equum s., Hor. Od. 3, 7, 25.
7. scītus (syn. of preced.): a s. host, s. convivator, Liv. 35, 49: (sciens Sthenelus pugnae, in Hor. Od. 1, 9, 25, is explained by scitus pugnandi in Quint. 9, 3, 10).
8. prūdens, ntis (knowing, having an insight into: constr. with gen. or in and abl.): a nation most s. in flattery, adulandi gens prudentissima, Juv. 3, 86: s. in civil law, p. in jure civili, Cic. Am. 2, 6 (for which in Dig. juris p., or absol., p.).
9. gnārus (knowing: constr. with a gen., a relat. clause, acc. or acc. and inf.): s. in arms and warfare, armorum et militiae g., Col. 1, praef., 4: Cic. Or. 4, 15.
10. ingĕniōsus (of good natural capacity: constr. with abl. with or without in: rarely acc. after ad or in): a very s. man, homo ingeniosissimus, Cic. Mur. 30, 62. Join: i. et eruditus, id. Att. 14, 20: v.CLEVER .
11. dexter, tra, trum; less freq. -tĕra, -tĕrum (handy): Liv.: v.DEXTEROUS .
12. hăbĭlis (handy: constr. with abl. with or without in: inf. in poet.): there are some so s. in the same things that ..., sunt quidam ita in iisdem rebus habiles ut ..., Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: a nation s. in horsemanship, gens equis h., Liv. 24, 48.
13. artĭfĭciōsus (accomplished in art): Nature is not only s. but clearly an artist, natura non a. solum, sed plane artifex, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58.
14. artĭfex, ĭcis (prop. a subs.: constr. with gen. or absol.): a soldier s. in beheading, miles decollandi a., Suet. Cal. 32: his s. style, a. ut ita dicam stilus, Cic. Brut. 25, 96: s. hands, a. manus, Ov. M. 15, 218.
15. bŏnus (good): a very s. carpenter, optimus faber tignarius, Cic. Brut. 73, 257; v.GOOD , ABLE .
16. făber, bra, brum (workmanlike): the talent of his s. art, ingenium fabrae artis, Ov. M. 8, 159: App. (The comp. affăber occurs in Symm., and Cic. has the adv.)
17. callĭdus (shrewd, worldly wise: constr. with gen. or poet. infin.): s. in war, c. rei militaris, Tac. H. 2, 31: a s. collocation (of words), c. junctura, Hor. A. P. 47: nothing can be more s. than nature, natura nihil potest esse callidius, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142. Join: versutus et c., id. ib. 3, 10, 25 (q. v.).
18. cătus (a stronger word than prudens, v. Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45): v.SAGACIOUS , CUNNING .
19. grăphĭcus (exquisite): a s. thief, g. fur, Pl. Trin. 4, 3, 17. Phr.: the Gauls are s. in the pursuit of augury, Galli augurandi studio praeter caeteros callent, Just. 24, 4.
1. scăpha: a two-oared s., biremis s., Hor. Od. 3, 29, 62: Cic.: Caes. Dimin.: scăphŭla: Veg.
2. cymba (mostly poet.: esp. of Charon's s.): a number of s.s, multitudo cymbarum, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58. Virg. Dimin.: cymbŭla, Plin. Ep. 8, 20.
3. linter, tris, f. (once m. in Tibull.; prop. a barge or canoe): Vell. 2, 107, 1 (as syn. of alveus, and navicula). Dimin.: lintrĭcŭlus, Cic. Att. 10, 10.
4. lēnuncŭlus: Caes. B. C. 2, 43: Tac. (It is a dimin. of lembus, a pinnace or cutter: Prud. has lembŭlus.)
5. nāvĭcŭla: Cic. Acad. 2, extr. The forms navicella and naucella occur in the Dig.: hence, to sail in a s., nauculari, Mart. 3, 20, 20.
6. nāvĭgiŏlum: Lentul. in Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2.
7. hŏriŏla (dimin. of hŏria, a smack): Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 100.
8. alveus: Virg. Aen. 6, 412: Vell.
9. actuāriŏlum (a small swift rowing boat): Cic. Att. 16, 3, ad fin.
10. rătis, is, f. (prop. a raft: the poet. term): Catul.: Virg.
11. nāvia (a canoe): Mela, 3, 7. Phr.: a s., navigium minutum, Cic. Att. 16, 1: he does not see a single s., scalmum nullum videt, id. Off. 3, 14, 59.
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1. sollers, tis (also solers: abl. in i, once ĕ in Ov.: constr. with abl. after in: poet. with gen. or infin.): the works of provident and s. nature, opera providae sollertisque naturae, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: a painter s. in his art, pictor s. in arte, Plin. 35, 11, 40 § 142: the Muse s. in the lyre, Musa lyrae s., Hor. A. P. 407.
2. pĕrītus (experienced: constr. with gen., abl., or inf.: the rarer constr. are abl. with in or de, acc. with ad or simple acc.): very s. generals, peritissimi duces, Caes. B. C. 3, 73: s. in the art of war, rei militaris p., id. B. C. 3, 61: who is more s. in law? quis jure peritior? Cic. Clu. 38, 107 (where p. judiciorum follows in the same pass.); id. Fontei. 15, 33: s. in singing, p. cantare, Virg. E. 10, 32.
3. ērŭdītus (prop. a part., accomplished: constr. with abl., rarely inf. or simple acc.): s. in foreign arts, e. transmarinis artibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 15: most s. in the knowledge of the civil law, disciplina juris eruditissimus, id. de Or. 1, 39, 180: Hermes, s. in all sorts of weapons, Hermes omnibus e. armis, Mart. 5, 24, 2.
4. exercĭtātus (practised: constr. with in and abl.): Cic. Phil. 6, 6, 17: v.
5. doctus (learned: constr. with gen., acc. with or without ad, abl. with or without in, or inf.: esp. freq. in poet.): maiden more s. in song than Sappho the muse, Sapphica puella Musa doctior, Catul. 35, 17: most s. in speaking, fandi doctissima, Virg. Aen. 10, 225: the s. hand of an artist, d. manus artificis, Tib. 1, 8, 12: Hor.: Cic.
6. sciens, ntis (expert in: constr. with gen.: in poet. with inf.): a man most s. in ruling the state, vir regendae reipublicae scientissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214: s. in managing a steed, flectere equum s., Hor. Od. 3, 7, 25.
7. scītus (syn. of preced.): a s. host, s. convivator, Liv. 35, 49: (sciens Sthenelus pugnae, in Hor. Od. 1, 9, 25, is explained by scitus pugnandi in Quint. 9, 3, 10).
8. prūdens, ntis (knowing, having an insight into: constr. with gen. or in and abl.): a nation most s. in flattery, adulandi gens prudentissima, Juv. 3, 86: s. in civil law, p. in jure civili, Cic. Am. 2, 6 (for which in Dig. juris p., or absol., p.).
9. gnārus (knowing: constr. with a gen., a relat. clause, acc. or acc. and inf.): s. in arms and warfare, armorum et militiae g., Col. 1, praef., 4: Cic. Or. 4, 15.
10. ingĕniōsus (of good natural capacity: constr. with abl. with or without in: rarely acc. after ad or in): a very s. man, homo ingeniosissimus, Cic. Mur. 30, 62. Join: i. et eruditus, id. Att. 14, 20: v.
11. dexter, tra, trum; less freq. -tĕra, -tĕrum (handy): Liv.: v.
12. hăbĭlis (handy: constr. with abl. with or without in: inf. in poet.): there are some so s. in the same things that ..., sunt quidam ita in iisdem rebus habiles ut ..., Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: a nation s. in horsemanship, gens equis h., Liv. 24, 48.
13. artĭfĭciōsus (accomplished in art): Nature is not only s. but clearly an artist, natura non a. solum, sed plane artifex, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58.
14. artĭfex, ĭcis (prop. a subs.: constr. with gen. or absol.): a soldier s. in beheading, miles decollandi a., Suet. Cal. 32: his s. style, a. ut ita dicam stilus, Cic. Brut. 25, 96: s. hands, a. manus, Ov. M. 15, 218.
15. bŏnus (good): a very s. carpenter, optimus faber tignarius, Cic. Brut. 73, 257; v.
16. făber, bra, brum (workmanlike): the talent of his s. art, ingenium fabrae artis, Ov. M. 8, 159: App. (The comp. affăber occurs in Symm., and Cic. has the adv.)
17. callĭdus (shrewd, worldly wise: constr. with gen. or poet. infin.): s. in war, c. rei militaris, Tac. H. 2, 31: a s. collocation (of words), c. junctura, Hor. A. P. 47: nothing can be more s. than nature, natura nihil potest esse callidius, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142. Join: versutus et c., id. ib. 3, 10, 25 (q. v.).
18. cătus (a stronger word than prudens, v. Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45): v.
19. grăphĭcus (exquisite): a s. thief, g. fur, Pl. Trin. 4, 3, 17. Phr.: the Gauls are s. in the pursuit of augury, Galli augurandi studio praeter caeteros callent, Just. 24, 4.
Skiff
See cymba; scapha.