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aspărăgus (asph- , App. Herb. 84), i, m., = ἀσπάραγος (ἀσφ-).
I. Asparagus, Cato, R. R. 6, 3; 6, 61, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 145 sqq.; 19, 4, 19, § 54; Juv 11, 69; Suet. Aug. 87 (perh. in Varr. ap. Non. p. 550, 11, asparagos should be read instead of sparagos).—
II. A sprout, a shoot, like asparagus, Plin. 23, 1, 17, § 24; 21, 15, 54, § 91.
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 87
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 23.24
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.91
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