pomum

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

pōmum, i, n. [root pa- of pasco, q. v.].

I Lit., fruit of any kind (apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.), Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 74; 15, 24, 30, § 104; 16, 26, 49, § 113; 17, 26, 39, § 247; Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: poma, fruit , Verg. E. 7, 54; Ov. M. 13, 812; cf. Macr. S. 2, 6, 1.—Of truffles , Mart. 13, 50, 2.—Of grapes , Dig. 50, 16, 205; Nemes. Ecl. 3, 38: et pomis arbores replebuntur, Vulg. Lev. 26, 4.—

II Transf., for pomus, a fruit-tree , Cato R. R. 28; Verg. G. 2, 426; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 240; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.

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