ramex

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rāmex, ĭcis, m. [ramus].

I (In plur.) The blood-vessels of the lungs , Plaut. Merc. 1, 27; id. Poen. 3, 1, 37; Varr. ap. Non. 166, 12.—

II ( Sing. and plur.) A rupture , hernia , varicocele , Cels. 7, 18; Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 121; 30, 15, 47, § 137; Juv. 10, 205; Lucil. ap. Non. 166, 15.—

B A staff , Col. 9, 1, 3.