păpāver (noun N.m) : n. (ante-class., m.) [etym. dub.; cf. root pa- of pasco, πέπαμαι]
* The poppy.
* Lit.: papaver Gallicanus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 64 P.: sesamum papaveremque,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 113; v.infra, prov.; Varr. ap. Non. 220, 11: luteum,Cat. 19, 12: spargens soporiferum papaver,Verg. A. 4, 486; id. G. 4, 131: Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,id. ib. 1, 78: Cereale,id. ib. 1, 212: nigrum,Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 67; 20, 18, 76, § 198. —In plur.: summa papaverum capita,the heads of the tallest poppies,Liv. 1, 54, 6; Petr. poët. 132, 11.—Prov.: confit cito, Quam si formicis tu obicias papaverem, of any thing that quickly disappears,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 8.
* Transf., a kernel, seed: papaver fici,fig-seed,Tert. Praescr. 36.
* Trop.: dicta quasi papavere et sesamo sparsa,Petr. 1 fin.

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