ā̆prīcus, a, um, adj. [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.,
I 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.
I.A 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.—
B Subst.: ā̆prīcum , i, n., a sunny spot , place.
1 Lit.: buxus amat aprica, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71: aprica Alpium, id. 21, 7, 20, § 43.—And
2 * Trop.: in apricum proferre, to bring to light , Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 24 (= in apertum, Cruq.).—
C 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.—
II Transf.
A Clear , pure (only in Col.): caeli status, Col. 11, 3, 27: apricissimus dies, id. 9, 14, 13.—
B 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.