margo (noun M.f) : m. and f. (cf. Prisc. p. 684 P.)
* An edge, brink, border, margin (class., but not in Cic. or Caes.): flumen marginibus lapideis,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9: conchae,Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 130: ulceris,id. 30, 13, 39, § 113: calicis,id. 37, 2, 7, § 18: gemmae,id. 37, 8, 37, § 116: margine gramineo (sc. fontis),Ov. M. 3, 162: ripae,id. ib. 5, 598: agri,a boundary,Val. Max. 5, 6, 4: puppis,Sil. 3, 360: terrarum,shore,Ov. M. 1, 13: viridi si margine cluderet undas herba,Juv. 3, 14: capite super margine scuti posito, Liv. 44, 33.—In fem.: margo, quae sustinet arenam,Vitr. 5, 12; Aemil. Macer. and Rabir. ap. Charis. p. 49 P.: plena jam margine libri,Juv. 1, 5; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 27: margine in extremo littera rasa,Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22: comae,Stat. S. 2, 1, 44: oculorum,id. ib. 3, 2, 53: rostri,Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 37: templi,threshold,Stat. S. 4, 4, 54: imperii,boundary,Ov. Tr. 2, 199; cf.: extremo in margine imperii, qua Rhenus alluit,Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.
* Transf. (poet.): partem modicae sumptam de margine cenae,i. e. the side-dishes,Juv. 4, 30.

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