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alcēdo (halc-), ĭnis, lateralcyon (halc-), ĭnis, f., = ἀλκυών [O. H. Germ. alacra; the forms halcedo, halcyon arose from a fancied connection with ἅλς = the sea], the kingfisher, halcyon: Alcedo hispida, Linn.: Alcedo dicebatur ab antiquis pro alcyone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.: haec avis nunc Graece dicitur ἁλκυών, a nostris halcedo; sed hieme quod pullos dicitur tranquillo mari facere, eos dies halcyonios appellant (Gr. ἁλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, Aristoph. Av. 1594 Bergk), halcyon-days, Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 142; cf. Plin. 10, 32, 47.

alcēdōnĭa (halc-), ōrum, n. [alcedo], the fourteen winter days during which the kingfisher broods and the sea is calm, v. alcedo.
Hence, trop., a deep calm, profound tranquillity: ludi sunt, tranquillum est, alcedonia sunt circum forum, Plaut. Cas. prol. 26: mare ipsum aiunt, ubi alcedonia sint, fieri feriatum, Front. Fer. Alc. 3.

Alcyŏnē (Halc-), ēs, f., = Ἀλκυόνη, a daughter of Æolus, who, from love to her husband Ceyx, who had suffered shipwreck, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher (ἀλκυών; v. alcedo), Ov. M. 11, 384; 710 sq.

alcyŏnēus and -nĭus (halc-), a, um, adj. [Alcyone], pertaining to Alcyone or alcyon (v. alcedo).

      1. a. Alcyonei dies = alcedonia (q. v.), Col. 11, 2.
      2. b. Alcyoneum medicamen, or absol.: alcyŏnēum, i, n., or even alcyŏnĭum. sea-foam, used as a remedy for spots on the face: alcyoneo utuntur ad oculorum cicatrices, Plin. 32, 8, 27, § 86; cf. Cels. 5, 6, 18, n. 26.

alcyŏnĭdes (halc-) dies = ἁλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, the same as alcedonia (cf. also alcedo), Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 90.

ālec (better, allec; hallec also in MSS.), ēcis, n., or ālex (hāl-), ēcis, f. and m. (v. Rudd. I. p. 17, n. 93; Schneid. Gr. 2, 110 and 128), acc. to Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 95, the sediment of a costly fish-sauce, garum; and in gen. the sauce prepared from small fish, fish-pickle, fish-brine: alec danunt, * Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 2, 395; 120, 3: faecem et allec, Hor. S. 2, 4, 73; 2, 8, 9 K. and H.: putri cepas hallece natantes, Mart. 3, 77 Schneid.
The plur. not in use, v. Prisc. p. 686 P.

Ălōnē (Hal-), es, f.

  1. I. An island between Teos and Lebedus, Plin. 2, 87, 89, § 202.
  2. II. An island in the Propontis, Plin. 5, 32, 44, § 151.
  3. III. A colony of Massilia in Hisp. Tarrac., Mel. 2, 6, 6.
  4. IV. A town in Britannia, Itin. Ant.

ālūcĭnātĭo (all- or hall-), ōnis, f. [alucinor], a wandering of mind, dreaminess, revery (acc. to Non. 121, 20, used even by the old writers (veteres); but, except in the passage quoted by him from an author not named, it is found only in the foll. exs.), Sen. Vit. Beat. 26; Arn. 4, p. 152, and 6, p. 194.

* ālūcĭnātor (all- or hall-), ōris, m. [alucinor], one who is wandering in mind, a dreamer, a silly fellow, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75 Müll.

ālūcĭnor (better than all- or hall-; cf. Gron. ad Gell. 16, 12, 3), ātus, 1, v. dep. [prob. from ἀλύω, ἀλύσσω; ἄλη, ἀλύκη; cf. Gell. 16, 12, 3], to wander in mind, to talk idly, prate, dream (syn.: aberro, deliro, desipio, insanio): alucinari: aberrare et non consistere, atque dissolvi et obstupefieri atque tardari, Non. 121, 20 (apparently not used before the time of Cic., yet cf. alucinatio): quae Epicurus oscitans alucinatus est, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72: suspicor hunc alucinari, id. Att. 15, 29; Gell. 16, 12, 3: indicium vagi animi et alucinantis, id. 4, 20, 8: epistolae nostrae debent interdum alucinari, to follow no definite train of thought, to digress freely, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9: alucinans pastor, Col. 7, 3, 26.

alum (hal-), n., or alus, i, f., a plant.

  1. I. Comfrey: Symphytum officinale, Linn.; Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41; 26, 7, 26, § 42; App. Herb. 59.
  2. II. A kind of garlic, Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 116.

Ăluntĭum (Hal-), i, n., = Ἀλούντιον, Dion. Hal., Ἀλόντιον Ptol., a town in the northern part of Sicily, not far from the coast, now S. Filadelpho, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; cf. Mann. Ital. 2, 410.
Hence, Ăluntīnus (Hal-), a, um, adj., of Aluntium: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43.

Halaesa, Halaesinus, and Ha-laesus, v. Halesa, etc.

hălăgŏra, as, f. [ἅλσ-ἀγορά], the saltmarket, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 34 dub.

halapanta significat omnia mentientem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 101, 18 Müll. (perh. the same word as halophanta, q. v.).

hālātĭo, ōnis, f. [halo], a breathing, breath, Cassiod. in Psa. 37, 12.

hālātus, ūs, m. [halo], a breath of perfume, odor, fragrance (post-class.): florum, Mart. Cap. 1, § 7: Arabici, id. 2, § 215.

halcēdo and halcēdōnĭa, v. alcedo.

Halcyŏne and Halcyŏnēus, v. Alc-.

hālec and hālex, v. alex.

Hales, ētis, m., a small river in Lucania near Velia, now Halente, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1; id. Att. 16, 7, 5.

Hălēsa (Halaesa and Alēsa), ae, f., = Ἇλαισα,

  1. I. a town on the northern coast of Sicily, on the river Halesus, now ruins near the village Iusa, Sil. 14, 218; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19; 2, 2, 75, § 185.
  2. II. Deriv. Hălēsīnus (Halaes- and Alēs-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Halesa: civitas, Cic. Fam. 13, 32, 1: Dio, of Halesa, id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19; 2, 3, 73.
    Subst.: Hă-lēsīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Halesa, Halesines, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

Hălēsus (Halaesus and Alēsus), i, m., = Ἇλαισος.

  1. I. Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra or Brisēis, the founder of Falisci, Verg. A. 7, 724; 10, 352; 411; Ov. F. 4, 73; id. Am. 3, 13, 31.
  2. II. One of the Lapithœ, Ov. M. 12, 462.
  3. III. A small river on the northern coast of Sicily, on which the town Halesa was situated, Col. poët. 10, 268; Sol. 5, 20.

Hălĭacmon (Aliacmon), ŏnis, m., a stream forming the boundary between Macedonia and Thessaly, now Vistritza, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 37; Liv. 42, 53, 5; Claud. B. G. 179.

hălĭæĕtos (haly-), i, m., = ἁλιαίετος, the osprey or sea-eagle: Falco haliaetus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10; Nisus, the father of Scylla, was changed into one, Ov. M. 8, 146; Verg. Cir. 535.

Hălĭartus, i, f., = Ἁλίαρτος, a city of Bœotia near the modern village of Mazi, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26; Nep. Lys. 3; Liv. 42, 46; 56; 63.
Hence, Hălĭartii, ōrum, m., its inhabitants, Liv. 42, 46.

hălĭca, ae, v. alica.

hălĭcācăbus, i, f. (sc. herba) = ἁλικάκαβος, a plant called in pure Latin vesicaria, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180; Cels. 5, 20, 3.

Hălĭcarnassus (-sos) or Hali-carnāsus, i, f., = Ἁλικαρνασσός,

  1. I. a city of great antiquity in Caria, the birthplace of the historians Herodotus and Dionysius, also celebrated for the mausolēum erected there, now Bodrun or Boudroum, Mel. 1, 16, 2 and 3; Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 107; Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25; Liv. 37, 10, 11.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hălĭcarnasseus, ĕi and ĕos, m. adj., = Ἁλικαρνασσεύς, of Halicarnassus: Scylax, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88: Dionysius, Quint. 3, 1, 16: Cleon, Nep. Lys. 5.
    2. B. Hălĭcarnassĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Halicarnassus, Halicarnassians, Tac. A. 4, 55.
    3. C. Hălĭcarnas-senses, ĭum, m., the same, Liv. 33, 20, 12.

Hălĭcyensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the city Halicyœ (Ἁλικύαι) in Sicily (now Salemi), Halicyœan: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 13: Sopater quidam, of Halicyœ, id. ib. 2, 2, 28, § 68.
Plur. subst.: Halicy-enses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Halicyœ, Halicyœans, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 40, § 91; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

hălĭeutĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἁλιευτικός, of or belonging to fishing: boletar, Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.
Subst.: Halieutica, ōrum, n., a title of a poem on fishing. by Ovid; cf. Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 11.

hălĭmŏn, i, n., = ἅλιμον, a plant, the orach (Atriplex halimus of Linn.), Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 239; cf. id. 22, 22, 33, § 73.

hăliphloeos, i, f., = ἁλίφλοιος (seabark), a species of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 24.

hălipleumon, ŏnis, m., = ἁλιπλεύμων (sea-lungs), a kind of fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149.

hālĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [halo], to breathe out: flammam halitantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 336 P. (Trag. v. 217 Vahl.).
So perh. also: Scio spiritum ejus majorem esse multo quam folles taurini halitant, Plaut. Fragm. Bacch.; cf. Ritschl in Rhein. Mus. 1846, p. 580.

hālĭtus (alitus), ūs, m. [halo], breath, exhalation, steam, vapor.

  1. I. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Nemeaeus leo Frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum, his last breath, * Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: aegris faucibus exsuperat gravis halitus, Pers. 3, 88: quae (i. e. nebulae aestusque) velut halitus sursum feruntur, Lucr. 6, 478: a pulmone halitus graveolentia, i. e. stinking breath, Plin. 28, 12, 53, § 194; so, oris, id. 21, 20, 83, § 142; 28, 4, 14, § 56; cf.: artificis halitus oris, Juv. 10, 238: postero die ex ore (ebriorum) halitus cadi, fumes of wine, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142: plumbi fornacium halitus noxius et pestilens, exhalation, fumes, id. 34, 18, 50, § 167: carbonum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 219: terrae, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31; Quint. 7, 9, 8: salis, Plin. 17, 4, 2, § 24: Averni, Val. Fl. 4, 494: solis, i. e. heat, Col. 2, 5, 2.
  2. II. Transf., the spirit, soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 11.
        1. b. Wind: frigidus, Claud. Rutil. 1, 105.

hallĕlūjah (āllĕlūia), interj. [Hebr. halal, to praise; Jah = Jehovah], praised be God! praise the Lord! Form hall-, August. Ep. 86, 178; Sid. Ep. 2, 10; Prud. Nol. Carm. 37, 56. Form all-, Vulg. Job, 13, 22; Psa. 104, 1; Apoc. 19, 1, 3, 4 al.
Deriv. hallĕlūjătĭcus, a, um: psalmi, devoted to praise, containing hallelujahs, August. Psa. 105.

hallex, ĭcis, v. allex.

hallūcĭnor, āri, and its derivatives, v. aluc-.

hallus, v. allus.

halmyrĭdĭon, ii, n., = ἁλμυρίδιον (saltish), a kind of cabbage, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 142.

halmyrrhax, ăgis, m., = ἁλμύρραξ, a kind of saltpetre, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106.

hālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to breathe (poet.; cf.: feo, spiro).

  1. I. Neutr., to breathe, to emit vapor or fragrance, be fragrant: invitent croceis halantes floribus horti, Verg. G. 4, 109: ture calent arae sertisque recentibus halant, id. A. 1, 417.
  2. II. Act., to breathe out, exhale: et nardi florem, nectar qui naribus halat, Lucr. 2, 848; 6, 221; 391; Mart. 10, 48.

halonem, id est hesterno vino languentem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ELUCUM, p. 75 Müll.

hălŏphanta, ae, m, = ἁλοφάντης (a word comically formed after the analogy of sycophanta, συκοφάντης), a salt-informer, i. q. a rascal, scoundrel, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 2; cf. Non. 126, 7, and see halapanta.

hălōs, ō, f., = ἅλως (a round threshing-floor), a circle round the sun or moon, a halo, pure Lat. corona: circa solem visum coloris varii circulum, qualis esse in arcu solet. Hunc Graeci halo vocant: nos dicere coronam aptissime possumus, etc., Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 1.
Called also hălysis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 16.

hălōsis, is, f., = ἅλωσις, a taking by storm, capture, Petr. 89, 1 (in Suet. Ner. 38, written as Greek).

halter, ēris, m., = ἁλτήρ, in gymnastics, leaden weights held in the hands in leaping exercises, to add to the impetus of the body, the dumb-bells of modern gymnastics, Mart. 14, 49, 1; 7, 67, 6 (pure Lat. manipuli, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 2, 38).

hālūcĭnātio, hālūcĭnor, v. aluc.

hălum, i, v. alum.

Hăluntium, ii, v. Aluntium.

Halus, i, f., a small place in Assyria, near Artemita, only mentioned by Tac. A. 6, 41.

halyaeĕtos, v. hali.

Halyattes, is, v. Alyattes.

Hălys, yos, m., = Ἇλυς.

  1. I. A river in Asia Minor, flowing between Paphlagonia and Cappadocia, now Kisil-Irmak: secundum Halyn, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; 6, 3, 3, § 8: circa Halyn, Liv. 38, 16, 13: Croesus Halym penetrans magnam pervertet opum vim, Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf.: Croeso fatalis Halys, Luc. 3, 272.
    Acc.: Halym, also Curt. 4, 11, 3.
  2. II. A man’s name, Stat. Th. 2, 574.
    As a surname, Inscr. Grut. 877, 9.

hălysis, is, v. halos.