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appendix , ĭcis,
I.f (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 21 Müll., earlier ampendix , m.; v. ampendices) [appendo].
I. That which hangs to any thing, an appendage.
A. Lit., App. M. 8, p. 211, 27; 5, p. 169, 10.—More freq.,
B. Trop., an addition, supplement, or accession to any thing, Varr R. R. 1, 16, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 2: vidit enim appendicem animi esse corpus, * Cic. Hort. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 42, 9: “exigua appendix Etrusci belli,” Liv. 9, 41 (cf. accessio): “appendices majoris muneris,” id. 39, 27: “appendices Olcadum,” id. 21, 5.—
II. A thorny shrub, the barberrybush: Berberis vulgaris, Linn.; Plin. 24, 13, 70, § 114.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 24.114
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 27
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