adjective

ā^prīcus

fem. ā^prīca · neut. ā^prīcum

qs. contr. from apericus, from aperio, Doed. Syn. III. p. 170; for the long i, cf. antīcus, postīcus; acc. t oothers, kindr. with old Germ. ābar; mid. Germ. aeber, = dry, warm, orig.

lying open; uncovered; warm •

lying open, uncovered, or, acc. to the second etymol., warm: Qui tulit aprico frigida castra Lare, under the open heaven, Prop. 5, 10, 18, where Müller reads e parvo.—Hence, with esp. ref. to the warmth of the sun, exposed to the sun or to the warmth of the sun, open to the sun, sunny.

Of places (class. in prose and poetry): loci ... opaci an aprici, Cic. Part.… ••

Of places (class. in prose and poetry): loci ... opaci an aprici, Cic. Part. Or. 10 fin.: hortus, id. Fam. 16, 18 (perh. not elsewhere in Cic.): colles, Liv. 21, 37: campus, Hor. C. 1, 8, 3; id. A. P. 162: rura, id. C. 3, 18, 2: agger, id. S. 1, 8, 15 et saep.—

a sunny spot; place

Subst.: ā^prīcum, i, n., a sunny spot, place.

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Lit.: buxus amat aprica, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71: aprica Alpium, id. 21, 7, 20, § 43.—And

figuratively •

* Trop.: in apricum proferre, to bring to light, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 24 (= in apertum, Cruq.).—

delighting; growing in the sunshine poetic ••

Poet., of other objects exposed to the sun, delighting or growing in the sunshine: arbor, Ov. M. 4, 331: mergi, basking in the sun, Verg. A. 5, 128: flores, Hor. C. 1, 26, 7: senes, Pers. 5, 179 al.—

by extension

Clear; pure •

Clear, pure (only in Col.): caeli status, Col. 11, 3, 27: apricissimus dies, id. 9, 14, 13.—

Coming from the sunny quarter; from the south •

Coming from the sunny quarter, i.e. from the south: flatus, the south wind, Col. 1, 5, 8—Comp., Col. 11, 3, 24.—Adv. not used.

Perseus ID: n3227 Key: apricus