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armus , i, m., = ἁρμός [ἄρω; v. arma
I.inct.], pr., a joining together; the shoulder where it is fitted to the shoulder-blade, the fore quarter (opp. suffrago), and, with few exceptions, of the shoulder of an animal, while umerus designates that of men.
I. Lit.: solus homo bipes: uni juguli, umeri; “ceteris armi,Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243: “digiti (Hippomenae in leonem mutati) curvantur in ungues: Ex umeris armi fiunt, Ov M. 10, 700.—So, elephantis,Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233: “leonis,id. 11, 39, 94, § 229: “pantherae,id. 8, 17, 23, § 62 et saep.: leporis, Hor S. 2, 4, 44; “2, 8, 89: equi,id. ib. 1, 6, 106: “arietis,Vulg. Num. 6, 19; ib. Exod. 29, 27.—Of men: “latos huic hasta per armos Acta,Verg. A. 11, 644; “Paul. ex Fest. s. v. armita, p. 4 Müll.—And of the arms of men,Luc. 9, 831.—*
II. In a more extended sense, the whole side of an animal: “spumantis equi fodere calcaribus armos,Verg. A. 6, 881; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 106.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.881
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.644
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 29.27
    • Old Testament, Numbers, 6.19
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.106
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.831
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.62
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 1.6
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