virgultum

virgultum, i, n. [contr. from virguletum, from virgula] (only in plur.),

• a bush, thicket, copse, shrubbery, Caes. B. G. 3, 18 fin.; 7, 73; Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49; id. Cael. 18, 42; Liv. 1, 14, 7; id. E. 10, 7; id. A. 5, 661; Ov. M. 14, 349; Col. 2, 18, 1; 11, 2, 90.—
• II Slips, cuttings of trees: defodere in terram virgulta, Lucr. 5, 933: silvestria, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 2, 346.

virgultum, ī, n. (st. virguletum, von virgula), I) das Gebüsch, Gesträuch, Buschwerk, Strauchwerk, α) Sing.: salix virgulti genus, Fest. 329 (a), 28. Serv. Verg. ecl. 1, 55: omne virgultum, Vulg. genes. 2, 5 (u. so Nomin. auch Vulg. Isai. 53, 2. Auct. de idiom. gen. 584, 59): virgultum vellere, Augustin. de civ. dei 1, 20. p. 35, 3 D.² – β) gew. Plur.: regio virgultorum ferax, Colum.: frondes et virgulta, Cic.: virgulta vepresque, Liv.: internata virgulta, Liv.: naturale saepimentum vivae saepis, quod obseri solet virgultis aut spinis, Varro (u. so loca obsita virgultis, Liv.): sarmentis virgultisque collectis, Caes. – II) der Setzling, Lucr. 5, 932. Verg. georg. 2, 346. – u. der Zweig übh., virgulta murtae, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 4, 3, 69: myrti virgulta, Serv. Verg. Aen. 3, 15.

1 virgultum v. virga

2 virgultum [CL] 1 shrub or small tree. b (pl.) thicket (also fig.). cum ‥ dictum esset creasse Deum herbas et ~a [Gen. ii 5] Bede Gen. 42B; de ‥ vitiorum radicibus unde ‥ facinorum frutecta velut spissa ~orum vimina lentis frondibus succrescunt Aldh. VirgP 13; cucurbita vel edera genus est ~i vel arbuscule (Andr. S. Vict. Jon.) CC cont. med. LIIIG 180; illius nemoris viridia virgulta de quo ipse supradicta lignicula deportaverat Offic. Kentig. A 6; 14‥ soluti Johanni B. colligenti cc spinas nigras pro ~is predictis dicti fossati ‥ iij d (MS East Yorks RO DDHE/35/6/1) J. R. Boyle, Early History of ‥ Hedon (Hull, 1895) app. p. lv (cf. ib.: in stipendiis ‥ Johannis B. et Roberti B. ‥ facientium j fossatum ‥ et illam [sic] plantantium cum ~is in duobus cursibus).  b tyrannorum ~is crescentibus et in ‥ silvam ‥ erumpentibus Gildas EB 13; renascentibus ~is Pelagianae pestis Bede HE I 21 tit.; ipse cum suis ne aliqua fraus lateret retro secedens nocte illa sub olivarum virgultis requievit W. Malm. GR IV 376. 2 (enclosed) plantation of shrubs or small trees, orchard or coppice. ibi sunt ij bord' et ~um DB I 84ra; c1135 homines mei ‥ clauserunt virgutum [sic] meum de Bolinbroc (DL Misc. Bk.) Danelaw 364; c1152 dedisse ‥ x acras de foresta mea ‥ ad ~um faciendum Act. Hen. II I 44; c1160 totam decimam de dominio de O. in agris, in ~is, in vineis, in nemoribus Doc. Theob. 2; invenimus ‥ ‘postmurium’ ‥ pro ~o pomorum ‥ eo quod ~a solent esse post muros Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 458; c1215 prior et conventus non poterunt ~um predictum impignorare alicui E. Ch. S. Paul. 200 (cf. ib.: solvent annuatim ‥ ij s. ‥ pro decimis ipsius gardini); dum rex ‥ ~um ‥ intrasset ‥ [uxor] ipsum regressum ‥ interrogat cur ‥ ortum adisset Arthur & Gorlagon 7; 1528 pro ‥ reparacione sepium circa clausura [sic] unius ~i vocati le Oldespryng infra parcum de W. ‥ xiij s. iiij d. (MinAc Ep. Durh.) MS Durh. Univ. Libr. CCB B/32A/220224 f. 215v; 1573 ~us et lez springes eorundem boscorum et subboscorum Pat 1105 m. 19. 3 twig or branch (also as material, e. g. for construction). agricolae ~a earum [sc. arborum balsami] acutis lapidibus ‥ solent incidere Bede Cant. 1098B; ecclesiola ~is informibus constructa R. Cold. Cuthb. 68; [silvarum animalia] tenues ‥ corticum medullantium virgultas [? l. tenuia ‥ ~a] ungulis simul et dentibus corrodentia dissipabant Id. Godr. 85; 1237 quesitus quid petit in dominicis boscis [forestarius] dicit quod ‥ placita de leporibus et retibus et de virgildis et blectronibus CurR 134.

virgultum, (11) ī, n. , v. virgulta.

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virgultum, i, n.: virgulto, arboscello, cespuglio Crist.