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fōmes , ĭtis, m. foveo,
I.kindling-wood, touch-wood, tinder.
I. Lit.: “silici scintillam excudit Achates . . . rapuitque in fomite flammam,” Verg. A. 1, 176; Luc. 8, 776; Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 208.—
B. Trop. (postclass.): “fomes et incitabulum ingenii virtutisque,” Gell. 15, 2, 3: “peccati,” Prud. Apoth. 942: “invidiae,” Vulg. Gen. 37, 8.—
II. Transf.: fomites sunt assulae ex arboribus, dum caeduntur, excussae: dictae, quod in eo opere occupati cibis potuque confoventur, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.; cf.: Fomes πελέκημα, Gloss. Labb.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.176
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 37.8
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.776
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 15.2.3
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