grāmen (noun N) : Sanscr. root gar-, to swallow; Gr. βορ- in βιβρώσκω, βορά; Lat. -vorus, in carnivorus, vorare, etc.; hence, fuller root gras-; Gr. γράστις; Lat. grāmen for gras-men; cf. Germ. Gras; Engl. grass
* Grass (cf.: herba, faenum, cespes, glaeba).
* Sing.: prostrati in gramine molli,Lucr. 2, 29; 5, 1392; Hor. Epod. 2, 24: cervus graminis immemor,id. C. 1, 15, 30: aprici campi,id. A. P. 162: graminis herba,a blade of grass,Verg. E. 5, 26; Liv. 1, 24, 5: floreum,flowery turf,Mart. 9, 91, 1: generosum,Juv. 12, 40: quocumque de gramine (equus),pasture,id. 8, 60.
* Transf., a plant, herb.
* In gen.: ignobile cerinthae,Verg. G. 4, 63: Indum,Indian aromatic herbs,Stat. S. 2, 1, 187; cf.: Arabum de gramine odores,Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 17; Quint. 5, 8, 1: non illa feris incognita capris Gramina (i. e. dictamnus),Verg. A. 12, 415: neve parum valeant a se data gramina,Ov. M. 7, 137 (for which: accepit cantatas herbas,id. ib. 7, 98).
* In partic., dog's-grass, couch-grass, Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 178 sq.

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