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Lewis Short
fĕrŭla (noun F) :
* The plant fennel-giant, Ferula, Linn., in the pith of which Prometheus is feigned to have preserved the fire which he stole from heaven.
* Lit., Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 122; 7, 56, 57, § 198; Hyg. Fab. 144; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 42.
* Transf.
* The thin or slender branch of a tree, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 152.
* The young stag's horn, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117.
* A whip, rod, to punish slaves or schoolboys, Hor. S. 1, 3, 120; Juv. 6, 479; Mart. 14, 80; 10, 62, 10; Juv. 1, 15; Mart. Cap. 3, § 224; for driving draught cattle,Ov. M. 4, 26; cf. id. A. A. 1, 546.
* As an attribute of Silvanus, Verg. E. 10, 25.
* A splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 10, 1.
* The plant fennel-giant, Ferula, Linn., in the pith of which Prometheus is feigned to have preserved the fire which he stole from heaven.
* Lit., Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 122; 7, 56, 57, § 198; Hyg. Fab. 144; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 42.
* Transf.
* The thin or slender branch of a tree, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 152.
* The young stag's horn, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117.
* A whip, rod, to punish slaves or schoolboys, Hor. S. 1, 3, 120; Juv. 6, 479; Mart. 14, 80; 10, 62, 10; Juv. 1, 15; Mart. Cap. 3, § 224; for driving draught cattle,Ov. M. 4, 26; cf. id. A. A. 1, 546.
* As an attribute of Silvanus, Verg. E. 10, 25.
* A splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 10, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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