ashes Copy link Outline 1. cĭnis, ĕris, m. rarely f. (in ordinary sense usu. sing.; in fig. sense, and esp. of the ashes of the dead, more frequently pl.)2. făvilla (hot a.3. lix, lĭcis, f. (rare) • ashes: 1. cĭnis, ĕris, m. rarely f. (in ordinary sense usu. sing.; in fig. sense, and esp. of the ashes of the dead, more frequently pl.): lye ashes, c. lixivius, Col.: Pl.: ashes extinct and already cold, c. extinctus et jam frigidus, Suet.: to reduce to smoke and ashes, vertere in fumum et cinerem, Hor. (but in ordinary language to reduce to ashes may best be expressed by concremare: v. to consume, burn). Fig. of a dangerous work: you walk over fires concealed beneath the treacherous a., incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso, Hor.: the a. of one's native land, cineres patriae, Virg. Esp. of the a. of the dead: he besought him by the a. of his dead brother, obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem, Cic.: swear by the a. of your patron, jura per patroni tui cineres, Quint. 2. făvilla (hot a.: only sing.): cinders and cast-out a., cineres ejectataque f., Ov.: Plin.: you will sprinkle with the tear that is due the glowing a. of the poet, calentem debita sparges lacrima favillam vatis, Hor.: Virg.: v. embers. 3. lix, lĭcis, f. (rare): Plin. Phr.: to repent in sack-cloth and a., *in cilicio et cinere poenitentiam exercere, Vulg. (but the expression is unclassical; the Roman mode of exhibiting grief being simply the wearing of unwashed, foul garments: whence the phr. sordidatum, atratum esse: v. to mourn, mourning).