Animalis, & hoc animále, pen. prod. Adiect. Luc. Liuely: that pertaineth to life.Animalis. Spirabilis. Cic. Animalis intelligentia. Cic.Animalis spiritus. Plin. That giueth life.Animalis sonus.Cic. Animalia viocula, pro neruis. Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ănĭmālis, e, adj. [anima]. I.Consisting of air, aërial (cf. anima, I. and II. A.): simplex est natura animantis, ut vel terrena vel ignea vel animalis vel umida, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 34: naturam esse quattuor omnia gignentium corporum ... terrena et humida ... reliquae duae partes, una ignea, altera animalis, id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: animalis spirabilisque natura, cui nomen est aër (B. and K.; others read animabilis), id. N. D. 2, 36, 91: spirabilis, id est animalis, id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42.—II.Animate, living (cf. anima, II. C.). A. In gen.: corpora, Lucr. 2, 727: pulli, id. 2, 927: colligata corpora vinculis animalibus, Cic. Tim. 9: intellegentia, id. Ac. 2, 37: ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,
from the living original
, id. Inv. 2, 1.—B. In the lang. of sacrifice: hostia animalis,
an offering of which only the life is consecrated to the gods
,
but the flesh is destined for the priests and others
, Macr. S. 3, 5; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 231; 4, 56.—Dii animales, gods who were formerly men, Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 168.— Adv. ănĭmālĭter, like an animal (opp. spiritualiter): animaliter vivere, Aug. Retr. 1, 26, 67.
