beam (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A large piece of timber1. tignum2. trabs, trăbis, f. (sometimes compacted of several tigna; and generally larger)3. transtrum (prop. of the cross-benches of ships)II. The cross-beam of a loomIII. The cross-bar of a balanceIV. A sun-beam,1. jŭbar, ăris, n.2. rădĭus or r. solis • beam (subs.): I. A large piece of timber: 1. tignum: above that place they threw two transverse b.s, supra eum locum duo t. transversa injecerunt, Caes.: Hor.: a small b., tĭgillum: Liv.: Cat. 2. trabs, trăbis, f. (sometimes compacted of several tigna; and generally larger): timbers and b.s, tigna trabesque, Lucr.: Caes.: Ov. 3. transtrum (prop. of the cross-benches of ships): Caes.: Virg.: Vitr. Adj.: trăbālis, e, beam-like: a huge beam-like nail, clavus t., Hor.: a b.-like weapon, t. telum, Virg. II. The cross-beam of a loom: jŭgum: Ov.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 1100. III. The cross-bar of a balance: scāpus: Vitr. IV. A sun-beam, 1. jŭbar, ăris, n.: Lucr.: Ov. 2. rădĭus or r. solis: v. ray.
beam (v.) Copy link Outline 1. affulgĕo (adf.), fulsi, 22. rĕfulgeo, fulsi, 23. rădio, 14. rĕnīdeo • beam (v.): 1. affulgĕo (adf.), fulsi, 2: thy countenance b.'d like the spring, instar veris vultus tuus affulsit, Hor. 2. rĕfulgeo, fulsi, 2: the auspicious star b.s upon the mariner, alba nautis stella refulsit, Hor. 3. rădio, 1: the b.ing moon, radians luna, Virg. 4. rĕnīdeo: v. to gleam, glitter.
BEAM Copy link • BEAM 1. tignum; trabs. [trabs, a longer and narrower beam; tignum, a shorter and thicker one. A raft consists of trabes, not of tigna; whereas the wood-work of a building, which, as a pillar, is destined to support something, is composed of tigna, not of trabes, by which the cross-beams only are denoted, Döderlein]. PROV., to see motes in the eyes of others, and not to see beams in one’s own, magis in aliis cernere, quam in nobismet ipsis, si quid delinquitur (Cic., Off., 1, 41, 146); videre nostra mala non possumus; alii simul delinquunt, censores sumus (Phaedrus, 4, 10, 5); aliorum vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra (Sen., De Ir., 2, 28, 6); papulasobservas alienas, ipse obsitus plurimis ulceribus (Sen., De Vit. Beat., 27, 4); cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis, cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum, quam aut aquila aut serpens Epidaurius? (Hor., Sat., 1, 3, 25, sqq.). Ray of light, radius. Of a balance, scapus (Vitr.); jugum. 2. v. radios fundere: fulgere (both of light and of illuminated objects): radiare (“to emit beams”: in the sense of “glitter” it does not belong to sober prose): with anything, radiare aliqua re: a ray of hope beams upon me, spes aliqua mihi affulget, or ostenditur: to beam with silver light, radiare lumine argenti (Ov., Met., 2, 4).