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ălĭca, ae, f. [from alo, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; akin to ἀλέω, ὀλαί acc. to Doed.], orig. adj., nourishing, sc. farina.
- I. A kind of grain, spelt, Cato, R. R. 76 init.; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 50.
- II. Grits prepared from it, spelt-grits, Gr. χόνδρος, later ἄλιξ, Cels. 6, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 61, § 128.
- III. A drink prepared from these grits, Mart. 13, 6.
ălĭcārĭus, a, um, adj. [alica], of or pertaining to spelt; hence, ălĭcārĭus, i, m., one who grinds spelt: nemo est alicarius posterior te, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.; and ălĭcārĭa, ae, f., a prostitute (as frequenting the place of the spelt-mills): alicariae meretrices appellabantur in Campaniā (where the best spelt-grits were prepared, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109), Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.: pistorum amicas, reliquas alicarias, * Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 54.
* ălĭcastrum, i, n., sc. frumentum [id.], a kind of spelt, summer-spelt (i. e. sown in the spring), Col. 2, 6; 2, 9; cf. Isid. Aug. 17, 3.
ălĭcŭbi (earlier written ălĭquobi, like neutrobi, acc. to Cassiod. Orth. 2314 P.; cf. Schneid. Gr. 1, 29), adv. [aliquis-ubi], somewhere, anywhere, at any place, or in any thing (Inter alicubi et usquam hoc interest, quod alicubi absolute profertur, ut alicubi fuimus, i. e. in aliquo loco; usquam autem ad omnia loca refertur, Prisc. p. 1058 P.; very rare): si salvus sit Pompeius et constiterit alicubi, hanc ϝεκυίαν relinquas, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10.
- I. In gen.: tu si alicubi fueris, dices hic porcos coctos ambulare, if you shall be anywhere, i. e. wherever you may be, Petr. 45.
- II. Esp.
- A. Alicubi … alicubi, repeated, in one place … in another, here … there, like alius, alias, alibi, etc.: ut alicubi obstes tibi, alicubi irascaris, alicubi instes gravius, Sen. Tranq. 2, 2: tecta alicubi imposita montibus, alicubi ex plano in altitudinem montium educta, id. Ep. 89, 21 (in both passages some read aliubi; v. Fickert).
- B. Strengthened by other definite words: utinam hic prope adesset alicubi, somewhere here, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 7: hic alicubi in Crustumenio, Cic. Fl. 29, 71: in quibus (scriptis) et suum alicubi reperiri nomen, Suet. Gram. 7.
ālĭcŭla, ae, f. [ala], a light upper garment (quod alas nobis injecta contineat, Vel. Long. 2230 P., but better acc. to Ferrar. de Re Vest. 2, 3, c. 1, from the collar or cape upon it), * Mart. 12, 82: aliculā subornatus polymitā, a light hunting-dress, Petr. 40, 5; a child’s coat, Dig. 34, 2, 24.
ălĭcunde, adv., of place [aliquis-unde], from somewhere = ab aliquo loco, Gr. ἀμόθεν.
- I. Lit.: tu mihi aliquid aliquo modo alicunde ab aliquibus blatis, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 13; cf. verse 10: venit meditatus alicunde ex solo loco, Ter And. 2, 4, 3: aliunde fluens alicunde extrinsecus aër, streaming from some part from another source, * Lucr. 5, 522: praecipitare alicunde, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31; so id. Caecin. 16, 46.
- II. Transf.
- A. Of persons: alicunde exora mutuum, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 44: non quaesivit procul alicunde. Cic. Verr. 2, 20, 48.
Hence, alicunde corradere, to scrape together from some source, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 34, and alicunde sumere, to get from somebody, i. e. to borrow from some one, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70.
- B. Of things: nos omnes, quibus est alicunde aliquis objectuslabor, from any thing, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6. (In Cic. Att. 10, 1, 3, B. and K. read aliunde for alicunde.)