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păpāver , ĕris, n. (ante-class., m.) [etym. dub.; cf. root pa- of pasco, πέπαμαι],
I.the poppy.
I. Lit.: papaver Gallicanus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 64 P.: “sesamum papaveremque,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 113; v. infra, prov.; Varr. ap. Non. 220, 11: “luteum,” Cat. 19, 12: “spargens soporiferum papaver,” Verg. A. 4, 486; id. G. 4, 131: “Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,” id. ib. 1, 78: “Cereale,” id. ib. 1, 212: “nigrum,” Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 67; 20, 18, 76, § 198. —In plur.: “summa papaverum capita,” the heads of the tallest poppies, Liv. 1, 54, 6; “Petr. poët. 132, 11.—Prov.: confit cito, Quam si formicis tu obicias papaverem, of any thing that quickly disappears,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 8.—
B. Transf., a kernel, seed: “papaver fici,” fig-seed, Tert. Praescr. 36.—
II. Trop.: “dicta quasi papavere et sesamo sparsa,” Petr. 1 fin.
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 (6):
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.2
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.486
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.131
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.67
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 54.6
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