ulmus

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

ulmus, i, f. (masc., Cat. 62, 54; v. infra), an elm, elm-tree.

I Lit., Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76; Col. 5, 6; Verg. G. 1, 2; 2, 446; Ov. M. 10, 100; 14, 661; Hor. C. 1, 2, 9; 2, 15, 5; id. Ep. 1, 16, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 8 al.— Poet.: (vitis) conjuncta ulmo marito, Cat. 62, 54.—

II Transf.: ulmorum Acheruns, the Acheron of elm-rods , of one who is often beaten, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 9; cf. ulmitriba: Falernae, i. e. Falernian vines , for Falernian wine , Juv. 6, 150: viduae, without vines , id. 8, 78.

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