fomes

fōmes itis, m

FAV-, kindling-wood, tinder : Rapuit in fomite flammam, V.

fomes
fōmes, ĭtis, m. [foveo], kindling-wood, touch-wood, tinder. I Lit.: silici scintillam excudit Achat...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Fomes
·noun Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or i...

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