remus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

rēmus ī, m

2 AR-, an oar : intermisso pulsu remorum: remis navigium incitare, Cs.: remis insurgere, V.: inpellere aequora remis, O.—Prov.: remis ventisque petere, in all haste , V.: res velis remisque fugienda, by all possible means .—Poet.: alarum, O.: remis ego corporis utar, i. e. will swim , O.—Fig.: (orationem) dialecticorum remis propellere.