labrusca

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

lābrusca (ae) vītis or ūva; also

absol. : lābrusca , ae, f., the wild vine, claret-vine : vitis labrusca, Linn.: uva labrusca, Col. 8, 5 fin. : vitis labrusca, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48.— Absol. : aspice ut antrum Sylvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis, Verg. E. 5, 7 Serv. ad loc.; Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 19: omphacium ... fit e labrusca, hoc est vite sylvestri, quod vocatur oenanthinum, id. 14, 16, 18, § 98.

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