• moon: lūna:
full m., l. plena,
Caes. B. G. 4, 29:
Plin.:
Virg.:
half m., l. dimidiata,
Cato, R. R. 37; l. dimidia.,
Plin. 18, 32, 75; l. intermenstrua,
id. 18, 32, 75:
new m., l. nova,
Plin. 8, 54, 80 (
comp. Cato, R. R. 29, luna silenti, i. e. when there is no m., before the crescent appears):
Varr. R. R. 1, 37 (not l. prima, see the place):
when the m. is waxing or waning, luna crescente, decrescente,
Plin. 18, 32, 75:
Col. 2, 15 and 16: for decrescens, also senescens,
Varr. R. R. 1., 37:
the hollow (or horned) m., l. cava,
Plin. 8, 54, 70: curvata in cornua.,
ib. 2, 9, 6: corniculata,
Apul. de Deo Socr., init.:
gibbous m., l. protumida.,
Apul. l. c.; also, (?) sinuata in orbem,
Plin. 2, 9, 6:
the m. when shining all night, l. pernox,
Plin. l. c.:
the m. shines with borrowed light, l. lucet aliena luce,
Cic. Rep. 6, 16; mutuata ab sole luce fulget,
Plin. l. c. § 45:
the (alternate) increase and diminution of the m.s light, accretio et deminutio luminis (lunae),
Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:
Xenophanes says the m. is inhabited, habitari ait X. in luna,
id. Ac. 2, 39, 123.
Phr.:
the period between two m.s (when the m. is not visible), intermenstruum tempus (or without tempus),
Cic. Rep. 1, 16: also, interlunium,
Plin. 18, 32, 75:
the period of full m., plenilunium,
ib. § 323:
a night when there is no m., nox illunis,
Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14:
of the shape of a m. (crescent), lunatus:
v. crescent-shaped.