fraga

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

frāga, ōrum, n. [root Sanscr. dhraj-, breathe; prop., the fragrant berry; hence, Fr. fraise],

I strawberries : Fragaria vesca, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 92; Ov. M. 1, 104; Plin. 15, 24, 28, § 98; Sen. Hippol. 516.—*

II In sing.: fragum , i, n., a strawberry-plant , also called comaron, App. Herb. 37.

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