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(adjective) : grāmĭnĕus, a, um, gramen
* Of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
* In gen.: campus,Verg. A. 5, 287: palaestrae,id. ib. 6, 642: sedile,id. ib. 8, 176: arae,id. ib. 12, 119: corona obsidionalis, a grass crown presented by those who were delivered from a siege to their deliverer, among the Romans the highest mark of military honor, Liv. 7, 37, 2; cf. Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 6; Gell. 5, 6, 8; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 309.
* In partic., of Indian reed, bamboo: hasta (Minervae),Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.
* Of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
* In gen.: campus,Verg. A. 5, 287: palaestrae,id. ib. 6, 642: sedile,id. ib. 8, 176: arae,id. ib. 12, 119: corona obsidionalis, a grass crown presented by those who were delivered from a siege to their deliverer, among the Romans the highest mark of military honor, Liv. 7, 37, 2; cf. Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 6; Gell. 5, 6, 8; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 309.
* In partic., of Indian reed, bamboo: hasta (Minervae),Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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