ramus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

rāmus ī, m

2 RAD-, a branch, bough, twig : in quibus (arboribus) non rami sunt, etc.: cingite tempora ramis, V.: spissa ramis laurea, H.: bacas dant rami, i. e. trees , V.: rami atque venatus alebat, fruit and game , V.—Of antlers, a branch : ramique late diffunduntur, Cs.— A club : Hylaeus, Pr.—Fig., a branch : ramos amputare miseriarum.