previous next
rāmus , i, m. for rad-mus; Sanscr. root vardh, crescere; cf.: radix, radius,
I.a branch, bough, twig (cf.: surculus, termes).
I. Lit.: “in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,” Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 194 Vahl.): “qui praetereuntes ramum defringerent arboris,” Cic. Caecin. 21, 60: “sub ramis arboris,” Lucr. 2, 30; 5, 1393: “decidere falcibus ramos,” id. 5, 936 et saep.: “tempora cingite ramis,” Verg. A. 5, 71; 8, 286; Val. Fl. 6, 296; Hor. C. 2, 15, 9; id. S. 1, 5, 81: “ingens ramorum umbra,” Verg. G. 2, 489; id. A. 6, 808.—Poet., for a tree, Verg. A. 3, 650; for the fruit of trees, id. ib. 8, 318; in partic., for frankincense twigs, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 211. —
B. Transf., of things having a branching form.
1. A branch of a stag's antlers, Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 2.—
2. A spur of a mountain chain, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 134. —
3. A club, Prop. 1, 1, 13; 4 (5), 9, 15.—
4. = membrum virile, Nov. ap. Non. 116, 26.—
5. An arm or mouth of a river: “multos ignobiles ramos porrigit (Nilus),” Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 11.—
6. A branch or arm of the Greek letter γ, used by Pythagoras as a symbol of the two paths of life, leading to virtue and vice, Aus. Idyll. 12, 9; “hence called Samii rami,” Pers. 3, 56.—
II. Trop., a branch: “ramos amputare miseriarum,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13: “fortitudo, cujus patientia et perpessio et tolerantia rami sunt,” Sen. Ep. 67, 10.—Of a branch of consanguinity, Pers. 3, 28.
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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (15 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 21.60
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.650
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.71
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.808
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.489
    • Horace, Satires, 1.5.81
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.46
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.30
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1393
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.936
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.28
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.6
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.296
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 67.10
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: