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Lĭgŭres, um, m.,

  1. I. the Ligurians, an Italian people in Gallia Cisalpina, in the mod. Piedmont, Genoa, and Lucca: montani duri atque agrestes, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95; id. Brut. 73, 255; Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47; Liv. 5, 35; 22, 33; 27, 39; Ov. M. 2, 370; Flor. 2, 3, 2 al.: Ligures omnes fallaces, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 701: terrae motus in Liguribus, i. e. in Liguria, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78.
    Hence,
    1. A. Lĭgur and Lĭgus, ŭris, adj. comm., Ligurian; and subst., a Ligurian: Ligus iste, Cic. Sest. 31, 68: vane Ligus, Verg. A. 11, 715: tonse Ligur, Luc. 1, 442: femina Ligus, Tac. H. 2, 13: Ligus ora, Pers. 6, 6: securis, Cat. 16, 19.
      1. 2. Lĭ-gur or Lĭgus, a surname in the gens Aelia and Octavia, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; id. Att. 12, 23, 3.
    2. B. Lĭgŭrĭa, ae, f., Liguria, a country of Cisalpine Gaul, Plin. 3, 5, 7. § 48; Tac. H. 2, 15; id. Agr. 7.
    3. C. Lĭgŭrīnus, a, um, adj., Ligurian: Ligurinae Alpes, Grat. Cyn. 510.
      1. 2. Subst.: Lĭgŭrīnus, i, m., the name of a favorite of Horace, Hor. C. 4, 1, 33. To him is addressed C. 4, 10.
    4. D. Lĭgustĭcus (collat. form Lĭguscus, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6; 2, 5, 9; 3, 9, 17, acc. to the MSS.; cf. Etruscus), a, um, adj., = Λιγυστικός, Ligustine, Ligurian: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 6: mare, Plin. 3, 6, 10, § 75: ora, id. 3, 5, 7, § 47: saxa, Juv. 3, 257.
      1. 2. Subst.: lĭgustĭcum, i, n., a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, Col. 12, 57, 5; Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165; 20, 15, 60, § 168 (corrupted into Levisticum, Veg. Vet. 3, 52, 2).
    5. E. Lĭgustīnus, a, um, adj., = Λιγυστι-νός, Ligustine, Ligurian: montes, Liv. 34, 8: ager, id. 42, 4: scutum, id. 44, 35.
      Subst.: Lĭgustīni, ōrum, m., the Ligurians, Plin. 10, 24, 34, § 71.
  2. F. Lĭgustis, ĭdis, adj., = Λιγυστίς, Ligurian: gente cretus in Ligustide, Sid. poët. Ep. 9, 15.

lĭgūrĭo and lĭgurrĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum (impers. ligurribant, Macr. S. 2, 12, 17), 4, v. a. and n. [root lig-; cf. lingo], to lick.

  1. * I. Neutr., to be dainty, fond of good things (cf. lambo): quae (meretrices) cum amatore cum cenant, liguriunt, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 14.
  2. II. Act., to lick.
    1. A. Lit.: apes non, ut muscae, (eum) liguriunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 6: semesos pisces tepidumque jus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 81.
      1. 2. Transf.: dum ruri rurant homines, quos (parasiti) liguriant, whom they lick, whom they daintily feed upon, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 15: furta, to lick up, feast on by stealth, Hor. S. 2, 4, 79.
        Also in mal. part., as Gr. λείχειν and λειχάζειν, Suet. Tib. 45 fin.; Mart. 11, 58.
    2. B. Trop., to long for, desire eagerly, lust after any thing: improbissima lucra liguriens, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: agrariam curationem, id. Fam. 11, 21, 5.

* lĭgūrītio (lĭgurr-), ōnis, f. [ligurio], a fondness for dainties, daintiness: liguritio, vinolentia, cupedia, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26.

lĭgūrītor (lĭgurr-), ōris, m. [ligurio].

  1. * I. One fond of dainties, an epicure, gourmand: eumque quasi liguritorem catillonem appellat, Macr. S. 2, 12.
  2. II. In mal. part., Aus. Ep. 128 in lemm.
      1. 1. ‡ lĭgūrĭus, gulosus, catillo, λίχνος, Gloss.

2. lĭgūrĭus, m., a kind of precious stone, Vulg. Exod. 28, 19; id. ib. 39, 12.

3. lĭgūrĭus, i, m., a gem, v. lyncurium.

† lyncūrĭon or -ĭum, ii, n., = λυγκούριον, a hard, transparent gem, which, according to the opinion of the ancients, was formed of lynxes’ urine; prob. the hyacinth or tourmaline, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; 37, 2, 11, § 34; 37, 3, 13, § 52; cf. Ov. M. 15, 413; Sol. 2; Hier. Ep. 94, n. 16.
Called also lyncūrĭus, i, m., Isid. 12, 2, 20; 14, 4, 19; 16, 8, 8 (al. ligurius); and lĭgūrĭus, i, m., Hier. Ep. 64, 16; Vulg. Exod. 28, 19.