ornus

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

ornus, i, f.,

I the wild mountain-ash : steriles orni, Verg. G. 2, 111; Hor. C. 3, 27, 58; Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73; Col. Arbor. 16; Juv. 1, 11.—

II Transf., a lance made of the wood of this tree: vibrabilis ornus Achilli, Aus. Ep. 24, 108.

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