Ruga

1.

rūga, ae, f., a crease in the face, a wrinkle.

A.

In gen. (class.; usu. in plur.).

(α).

Plur.:

non cani non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

vos populumque Romanum non consilio neque eloquentiā, sed rugis supercilioque decepit,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 15: nec pietas moram Rugis et instanti senectae Afferet, [p. 1604] Hor. C. 2, 14, 3:

vis tu remittere aliquid ex rugis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 2:

rugas in fronte contrahere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26:

rugis vetus Frontem senectus exaret,

Hor. Epod. 8, 4; cf.: frontem rugis arat, * Verg. A. 7, 417:

dum tarda senectus inducat rugas,

Tib. 2, 2, 20; Hor. C. 4, 13, 11:

sulcare cutem rugis,

Ov. M. 3, 276; 14, 96; 15, 232 et saep. al.—

Prov.: de rugis crimina multa cadunt,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 46.—

(β).

Sing. ( poet. ):

faceret scissas languida ruga genas?

Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 6; 3 (4), 25, 12; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 34, id. A. A. 1, 240; Juv. 13, 215; 14, 325.—

B.

Transf., a crease, fold, plait, wrinkle, corrugation, etc., of any kind (post-Aug.; cf.

rugo, I.): margaritae flavescunt senectā rugisque torpescunt,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109:

aquilonis afflatus poma deturpans rugis,

id. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 12, 7, 14, § 26; 17, 14, 24, § 107 al.; of the folds of garments, id. 35, 8, 34, § 56; Macr. S. 2, 9.—In sing.:

jam deciens redit in rugam,

Pers. 6, 79 Gildersleeve ad loc.:

vestes quoque diutius vinctas ruga consumet,

Petr. 102, 12.—

2.

The female screw, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.

2.

Rūga, ae, m. [1. ruga], a Roman surname, e. g. of Sp. Carvilius, whose divorce is said to have been the first in Rome, Gell. 4, 3, 2; 17, 21, 44; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4.