squinting (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. străbo, ōnis, m.2. paetus (a softened expr. for preced., and implying nothing repulsive., having a cast in the eye3. expr. by circuml. perversis (pravis, distortis) oculis • squinting (adj.): 1. străbo, ōnis, m.: also, străbus, a, um: s. gods, strabones dii, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80: Hor.: the recognised fem. to strabo was straba, Prisc. 6, 3, 16: and acc. to Non., strabus was in later Latin used for strabo. 2. paetus (a softened expr. for preced., and implying nothing repulsive., having a cast in the eye: still more softened, paetulus, having a slight cast, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, init.): Hor. S. 1, 3, 45 (strabonem appellat paetum pater): Ov. 3. expr. by circuml. perversis (pravis, distortis) oculis: Cic. N. D. 1., 28, init.
SQUINTING Copy link • SQUINTINGadj., limus: perversus (of the eyes): strabo (of persons, squint-eyed): qui est limis or perversis oculis (of the natural defect): limis (oculis) spectans (in a single case, Plaut.): paetus or paetulus (strictly speaking = looking askance, ogling, but sometimes used as a mild expression for strabo; Hor.).