arbustus

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

arbustus, a, um, adj. [arbos, arbor].

I Set or planted with trees : ager, * Cic. Rep. 5, 2: locus, Col. 3, 13, 6; Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 77.—*

II Arbusta vitis for arbustiva, fastened to or trained upon a tree , Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 207.—* Comp. : arbustiores res, trop., firmer , surer , more settled circumstances (the figure drawn from vines, which are supported on trees more firmly than upon frames), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 29.

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