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                    "description": "ŭmĕrus | hŭmĕ-rus (noun M) : (incorrectly spelled  in many edd.), ,  cf. ὦμος.\n* Prop., the upper bone of the arm, Cels. 8, 1.\n* Meton.\n* The upper part of the arm (so only poet. for the usual lacertus): innixus dextro plena trahens umero,upperarm, arm,Prop. 1, 20, 44: umeros exsertus uterque,Stat. Th. 5, 439; 4, 235; Ov. F. 1, 409.\n* Trop., in plur., the shoulders; as in Engl., when speaking of bearing a burden: tota ut comitia suis, ut dictitabat, umeris sustineret,Cic. Mil. 9, 25: rem publicam umeris sustinere,id. Fl. 37, 94: cum expertus esset, quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,Plin. Pan. 10, 6; 57, 4: sumite materiam vestris qui scribitis aequam Viribus, et versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,Hor. A. P. 40.\n* Umerus is also used of animals (as, on the other hand, armi is of men; v. armus); of oxen,Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159.—Of cocks, Col. 8, 2, 9.\n* Of the middle part of a thing, the back, ridge (post-Aug.).\n* Of trees and plants: certum est ab umeris arborum surculos petendos,Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 105; Col. 3, 10, 5; id. Arb. 3, 1.\n* Of mountain ridges: montium flexus crebrique vertices et conflexa cubito aut confracta in umeros juga,Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115 (al. numeros): virides umeros,Stat. Th. 6, 714.\n* Of a country: Rhegium oppidum in umero ejus (Italiae) situm, a quo veluti cervicis incipit flexus,Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 43; so, duo haec oppida ... sita sunt utrāque ex parte velut in umeris Helladis,id. 4, 7, 11, § 23."
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