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arbustus , a, um, adj. arbos, arbor.
I. Set or planted with trees: ager, * Cic. Rep. 5, 2: “locus,” Col. 3, 13, 6; Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 77.—*
II. Arbusta vitis for arbustiva, fastened to or trained upon a tree, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 207.—* Comp.: arbustiores res, trop., firmer, surer, more settled circumstances (the figure drawn from vines, which are supported on trees more firmly than upon frames), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 29.
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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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.77
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.13.6
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