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arbutum

arbutum, the fruit of the arbu

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

arbutum , ī, n.: the berry of the arbutus. (arbor),
arbŭtum (arbĭtum, Lucr. 5, 941), i, n. [fetus], the fruit of the arbute or strawberry-tree, the wild strawberry.
  • I Lit.: quae nunc hiberno tempore cernis Arbita puniceo fieri matura colore, Lucr. 5, 941: glandes atque arbuta vel pira lecta (as the food of man in the state of nature; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4), id. 5, 963; so Verg. G. 1, 148; 2, 520.—
  • II Meton.
    • A = arbutus, the arbute or strawberry-tree: jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere, i. e. frondes arbuti, that you give the goats a supply of arbute-shoots, Verg. G. 3, 300; cf. id. E. 3, 82; so id. G. 4, 181.—
    • B A tree, in gen., Rutil. Itin. 1, 31. (The gram. Phocas considers arbuta in the signif. A. and B. as heterogen. from arbutus; v. Phoc. Ars, p. 1706 P., p. 338 Lind.)

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