pampĭnus (noun M.f) : m. and f. (in
* Fem.: circumflua pampinus,Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 366: opaca, id. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 5; cf. Donat. p. 1747 P.; Serv. Verg. E. 7, 58, acc. to whom Varro often used the word as a fem.) [root pamp-, pap-, to swell, v. pōpulus; cf. papula, pustule], a tendril or young shoot of a vine (cf. palmes).
* Lit., Col. 4, 22, 4: ex gemmis pampini pullulant,id. 3, 18, 4: pampinos detergere,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175: detrahere,id. 17, 22, 35, § 193.
* A vine-leaf, the foliage of a vine: involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64: uva vestita pampinis,Cic. Sen. 15, 53: male defendet pampinus uvas,Verg. G. 1, 448: ornatus viridi tempora pampino Liber,Hor. C. 4, 8, 34: pampini densitas,Col. 3, 2, 11.
* Transf., a clasper or tendril of any climbing plant, Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 9, 51, 74, § 163.

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