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arbor | arbŏs (noun F.m) : (, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk.
* Arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), , f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].
* A tree.
* In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59: poni,Verg. G. 2, 278: arbos se sustulit,id. ib. 2, 57: arbores putare,Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: arboribus frondes redeunt,Ov. F. 3, 237: arbos silvestris,Verg. E. 3, 70: ramosa,Lucr. 5 [1096]: umbrosa,Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41: ingens,Verg. G. 2, 81: alta,Ov. M. 15, 404: summa,Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15: patula,id. ib. 1, 106: fertilis,Verg. G. 4, 142: in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178: sub ramis arboris altae,Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108: arborum rami,Vulg. Sap. 17, 17: arbor nuda sine frondibus,Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8: arborum cortices,Vulg. Job, 30, 4: arbores ab radicibus subruere,Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10: quarum (arborum) baca,Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31: jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20: fructus arborum,Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.
* Meton.
* Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta; arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).
* A mast.
* The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree: In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.
* The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.
* An oar: centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,Verg. A. 10, 207.
* A ship: Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,the ship Argo,Ov. H. 12, 8.
* The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.
* Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet: caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).
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