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fĕrŭla , ae, f.,
I.the plant fennel-giant, Ferula, Linn., in the pith of which Prometheus is feigned to have preserved the fire which he stole from heaven.
I. Lit., Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 122; 7, 56, 57, § 198; Hyg. Fab. 144; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 42.—
II. Transf.
A. The thin or slender branch of a tree, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 152.—
B. A staff, walkingstick (for syn. cf.: baculum, bacillum, scipio, fustis; “virga),” Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—
C. A whip, rod, to punish slaves or schoolboys, Hor. S. 1, 3, 120; Juv. 6, 479; Mart. 14, 80; 10, 62, 10; Juv. 1, 15; Mart. Cap. 3, § 224; “for driving draught cattle,” Ov. M. 4, 26; cf. id. A. A. 1, 546.—
D. As an attribute of Silvanus, Verg. E. 10, 25.—
E. A splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 10, 1.—
F. The young stag's horn, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.26
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.120
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.10
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.80
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