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Morphology Lemmata lanceo (external link: lanceo )Forms: lancem (data provider: perseus), lances (data provider: perseus), lancesque (data provider: perseus), lancesue (data provider: donatus-sup)lanx (external link: lanx )Forms: lance (data provider: perseus), lancem (data provider: perseus), lances (data provider: perseus), lancesque (data provider: perseus), lanci (data provider: donatus-sup), lancibus (data provider: perseus), lancis (data provider: donatus-sup), lancium (data provider: donatus-sup), lanx (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary lanceo lancĕo, āre, v. a. [lancea], to wield or handle a lance (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Jud. 9id. adv. Marc. 13 lanx lanx, lancis, f. [cf. le/kos, leka/nh ], a plate, platter, charger, dish (class.; cf.: patina, patella, magis, scutula).
I. In gen.: in lancibus , Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 45in filicatis lancibus , Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13pomum de caelata sumere lance , Ov. P. 3, 5, 20cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras , Verg. A. 8, 284inter lances mensasque nitentes , Hor. S. 2, 2, 4rotundae lances , id. ib. 2, 4, 41qui furtum quaerere velit, nudus quaerat, linteo cinctus, lancem habens, etc. , Gai. Inst. 3, 192Fest. p. 116Gell. 11, 18, 916, 10, 8 : sic implet leves scutulas, cavasque lances , Mart. 11, 32, 18Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86squilla distendat pectore lancem , Juv. 5, 80
II. In partic., the scale of a balance (cf.: libra, statera, trutina): necesse est lancem in libra ponderibus impositis deprimi , Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 38Critolaus cum in alteram lancem animi bona imponat, in alteram corporis et externa, etc. , id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51id. Fin. 5, 30, 91Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet , Verg. A. 12, 725cum in altera lance Claudius et Nero starent, in altera, etc. , Suet. Vesp. 25
B. Trop. : vitam aequa lance pensitare, to weigh or consider impartially , Plin. 7, 7, 5, 44aequa lance examinare , Ambros. Ep. 41, 22paripendere lance cunctos , Arn. 6, 2aequa lance servari , i. e. in like manner Dig. 42, 1, 20
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