ulmeus

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

ulmĕus, a, um, adj. [ulmus],

of or belonging to an elm-tree , of elm , elm- : frons, Col. 6, 3, 6: cena, Juv. 11, 141: virgae, i. e. rods for whipping with , Plaut. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 478: qui tibi subnectabant rure huc virgas ulmeas, id. As. 2, 2, 74; so, virgidemia, id. Rud. 3, 2, 22: pigmenta, id. Ep. 5, 1, 20; cf.: mihi tibique interminatu'st, nos futuros ulmeos, nisi, etc., that we shall be changed into elm-rods , i. e. shall be soundly scourged , id. As. 2, 2, 96; cf. the foll. art. and ulmus.

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