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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (3 entries · 11 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• shower (subs.):
    1. I. A fall of rain or hail:
      1. 1. imber, bris, m. (heavy, stormy rain): I came to Capua in the midst of a very heavy s., maximo imbri Capuam veni, Cic. Att. 7, 20: a s. of stones or blood, lapideus aut sanguineus i., id. Div. 2, 28, 60.
      2. 2. plŭvia: v. rain. Phr.: there was a s. of stones, lapidibus pluit, Liv. 35, 9: as a protection against the s. (of ashes, etc.), munimenta adversus decidentia, Plin. 6, 16, 16.
    2. II. Fig.: of missiles, etc., hurled in great numbers, etc.:
      1. 1. imber (rare in this sense): the iron s. fell thick, ferreus ingruit i., Virg. Aen. 12, 284.
      2. 2. nimbus (poet.): a s. of javelins, n. pilorum, Sil. 5, 215: a s. of darts, telorum n., Lucan 4, 776: a s. of stones and rocks, n. lapidum saxorumque, Flor. 3, 8 a s. of flowers, purpureus n., Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 298.
      3. 3. in prose expr. by vis, multitudo: s.s of tears, vis lacrimarum, Cic. Rep. 6, 14: such a s. of missiles, *tanta multitudo (vis) telorum: v. multitude. Phr.: a perfect s. of missiles, *tela densissima: cf. Virg. Aen. 9, 555.
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• shower (v.):
    1. I. Trans.: To bestow liberally; to scatter in abundance:
      1. 1. fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (of darts or arrows): to s. numbers of darts on every side after the manner of snow, undique tela f. crebra nivis ritu, Virg. Aen. 11, 611. Comp.: (1) sŭperfundo, 3 (to s. down upon): to s. down a great number of darts, magnam vim telorum s., Tac. Agr. 36, init. (2) infundo, 3: to s. a cloud of arrows upon the ships, i. vim sagittarum ratibus, Curt. 9, 7.
      2. 2. ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (to heap upon): to s. down blows, verbera i., Curt. 6, 11: to s. down arrows and javelins, sagittas et jacula i., Liv. 36, 18.
    2. II. Intrans.: To rain in s.s: expr. by pluit: v. to rain. See also subs.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SHOWER
1. v. fundere: effundere: superfundere (PROP. and figuratively).
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  • s. PROP., imber (general term): nimbus (a sudden shower): pluvia (rain). A heavy shower fell, magnus imber ruebat caelo (densi funduntur ab aethere nimbi, Ov.): a sudden and heavy shower, nimbus effusus (Liv.). April shower, *pluvia cui sol interfulget.
  • Figuratively, imber: nimbus: copia: vis: velut procella (e.g., of missiles, Liv., 37, 41). There fell such a shower of stones, that, etc., tanta vis lapidum creberrimae grandinis modo effusa est, ut, etc.