lean (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. măcer, cra, crum (with little flesh on the bones)2. strĭgōsus (less strong than preced., and denoting oft. a temporary state in poor condition, that has lost flesh)3. exīlis, e (thin, spare) • lean (adj.): 1. măcer, cra, crum (with little flesh on the bones): l. cows, m. boves, Varr. R. R. 2, 5 Hor. Also of meagre soil, Varr.: Hor. 2. strĭgōsus (less strong than preced., and denoting oft. a temporary state in poor condition, that has lost flesh): horses in rather a l. condition, equi strigosiores, Liv. 27, 47, ad init.: (a kid) excessively l., strigosissimi corporis, Col. 7, 6, extr.: Cic. (fig.). Join strigosus et male habitus [equus], Sabinus in Gell. 4, 20. 3. exīlis, e (thin, spare): v. thin. (Gracilis = slim, slender, short of leanness cf. poet. in Forcell., quaerebam gracilem, sed quae non macra fuisset.) Phr.: to grow l., macescere, macrescere, Varr.: Col.: frightfully l., vegrandi macie torridus, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93.
lean (v.) Copy link Outline I. To incline; esp. so as to rest on something.1. nītor, sus and xus, 3 (to support oneself on2. incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 3 (foll. by in and acc. or dat.3. applĭco, 1 (with pron. refl.)4. acclīno, 1 (with pron. refl.II. To deviate from the perpendicular1. inclīno, inclīnor, 12. dēclīno, 1 (with pron. refl. or as intrans.)III. To be disposed in any way • lean (v.): I. To incline; esp. so as to rest on something. 1. nītor, sus and xus, 3 (to support oneself on: usu. with abl.): l.ing on a spear, hastili nixus, Cic. Rab. perd. 7, 21: Virg.: the latter has, in hastam niti, Aen. 12, 398. Also comp. innītor, also usu. with abl.; poet. also dat.: Caes. B. G. 2, 27: Liv.: Ov. 2. incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 3 (foll. by in and acc. or dat.: latter chiefly poet.): to l. (fall) upon one's sword, in gladium i., Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154; on a person (for support), in aliquem i., Curt. 6, 9, fin.: with dat., Virg. E. 8, 16. 3. applĭco, 1 (with pron. refl.): they l. against trees, ad arbores se inclinant, Caes. B. G. 6, 27. 4. acclīno, 1 (with pron. refl.: rare and poet.): to l. towards any one, se a. in aliquem, Ov. Met. 5, 72. Phr.: rest, l.ing on the elbow, cubito remanete presso, Hor. Od. 1, 27, 8. II. To deviate from the perpendicular: 1. inclīno, inclīnor, 1: Lucr. 2, 243: cf. id. 6, 573: Virg. Aen. 12, 59. 2. dēclīno, 1 (with pron. refl. or as intrans.): Lucr. 2, 250, sqq. III. To be disposed in any way: v. to incline (B., II.).
LEAN Copy link • LEAN 1. adj., exilis (applicable to any material body, as thin, poor, weak; opposed to uber): macer (dry, lean; opposed to pinguis; especially of animal bodies). (The words are found in this connection and order.) macer et exilis: gracilis (thin, especially of animal bodies: opposed to opimus, obesus): tenuis (thin, applicable to bodies of any kind; opposed to crassus). OBS., exilis and macer relate to thinness with reference to poverty of internal substance; gracilis and tenuis have reference sto external form, either indifferently or with praise (the last two are thin rather than lean). To grow lean, macescere, emacescere: to make lean, facere maciem: to make anybody lean, facere (ut) macrescat aliquis: somewhat lean, macilentus: a lean and hungry soil, solum sterile, exile, or aridum: an extremely lean man, homo vegrandi macie torridus (Cic.). 2. v. TRANS., to cause anything to recline against another, acclinare, applicare aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid: to lean a ladder against a wall, scalas ad murum applicare. INTRANS., to slope, fastigatum esse: acclivem or declivem esse: to lean against anything, acclinari alicui rei, se acclinare alicui rei, ad or in aliquid, applicari, or se applicare alicui rei, or ad aliquid: to lean upon, alicui rei, or in aliquid, or in aliquo inniti, alicui rei or in aliquid incumbere (to support one’s self on anything); reclinari in aliquid (to lean with one’s back against or on anything): to lean upon a staff, baculo incumbere, inniti: to lean upon the elbows, in cubitum inniti: to lean upon anybody, se acclinare in aliquem (Ov., Met., 5, 72); niti aliquo, inniti in aliquem.