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brūmālis , e, adj. bruma.
I. Of or pertaining to the winter solstice, or shortest day: “dies,” Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Fat. 3: “polus,” Varr. L. L. 9, § 24 Müll.: “signum,” Capricorn, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178: “flexus,” the tropic of Capricorn, Lucr. 5, 615; 5, 639: “orbis,” Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37: “tempus,” id. ib. 2, 44, 112: “circulus,” Plin. 2, 70, 70, § 177: “oriens,” Col. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: “occasus, id. l. l.: meridies,” Col. 9, 5, 1: “revocatio,” Cic. Univ. 9: hora, the shortest (since it was the twelfth part of the shortest day), Censor. 16: “solstitium,” Col. 11, 2, 94.—
II. (Acc. to bruma, II.) Wintry, of winter: “tempus,” Cic. Arat. 61; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95: brumales hiemis menses (hiemis, perh. gloss; cf. “shortly after: etiam brumali mense),” Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146: “horae,” the short winter hours, Ov. M. 4, 199: “frigus,” Verg. A. 6, 205; Mart. 13, 16, 1: “nix,” Ov. P. 4, 5, 4: “grando,” id. ib. 4, 7, 34: “venti,” Luc. 5, 407.
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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