edge (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Margin1. margo, ĭnis, c.2. very often expr. by extrēmus in agr. with subs. (L. G. § 343)3. ōraII. Of a cutting instrument • edge (subs.): I. Margin: 1. margo, ĭnis, c.: the e. of a bank, m. ripae, Ov.: of a sore, m. ulceris, Plin.: of a ship's stern, m. puppis, Sil.: v. brink, border. 2. very often expr. by extrēmus in agr. with subs. (L. G. § 343): just at the e. of the document, in extrema codicis cera, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, 92: v. end, outside. 3. ōra: the e.s of a wound, orae vulneris, Cels.: v. rim, border. Phr.: leaves with a serrate e., folia ambitu serrato, Plin. See also fringe, hem. II. Of a cutting instrument: ăcies, ēi, f.: the e. of an axe, securis a., Cic. Fig.: the e. of the mind, mentis a., Cic. Phr.: to strike an enemy with the e. or the point of the sword, hostem caesim, punctim petere, Liv.: in gen. sense, to slay with the e. of the sword, trucidare, interficere (v. to slay). Fig.: to set the teeth on e., (dentes) gustu astringere, Plin.: (dentes filiorum obstupescunt, Vulg. Ez. xviii. 2): to take off the e. of one's appetite, famem levare, Ov.; latrantem stomachum lenire, Hor.: to take off the e. of curiosity, *cupiditatem, exspectationem mitigare, hebetare: the e. of sorrow is taken off by wine, vino tristitia hebetatur, Plin.: v. to blunt.