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fraxĭnus , i, f.,
I.an ash-tree, ash, remarkable for its slenderness: Fraxinus excelsior, Linn.
I. Lit., Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 62 et saep.; Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.): “fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima,Verg. E. 7, 65; id. G. 2, 359; Hor. C. 3, 25, 16; Ov. M. 7, 677 al.
II. Transf., an ashen spear or javelin (cf.: “fraxinea hasta, v. the prec. art.),Ov. M. 5, 143; 12, 122; 324; Stat. Th. 6, 102.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.143
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.62
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