rāmenta, ōrum, n.; less freq. in sing., rāmentum, i, n. (collat. form rāmen-ta, ae, f., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 15; 3, 4, 23; id. Rud. 4, 3, 77) [rado].
I Lit., what is grated , shaved , or rubbed off; scrapings , shavings , chips , etc. (larger than scobes), Col. 4, 29, 16; id. Arb. 8, 4: uvas scobe ramentisve abietis, populi, fraxini servare, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 67: ferri, scales struck off by the hammer , Lucr. 6, 1044: auri, Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62: ligni, id. 24, 2, 2, § 6; 24, 5, 10, § 16: lapidis specularis, id. 36, 22, 45, § 162: ramento e cornibus, id. 21, 2, 3, § 5: ramenta fluminum, what rivers throw up on their banks , grains of sand , id. 33, 4, 21, § 66: sulphuratum, a sulphur-match , Mart. 10, 3.— *
II Transf., bits , morsels , small pieces , in gen.: patri omne (aurum) cum ramento reddidi, each and every , Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 29.