Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.an edge, brink, border, margin (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): “flumen marginibus lapideis,” Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9: “conchae,” Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 130: “ulceris,” id. 30, 13, 39, § 113: “calicis,” id. 37, 2, 7, § 18: “gemmae,” id. 37, 8, 37, § 116: “margine gramineo (sc. fontis),” Ov. M. 3, 162: “ripae,” id. ib. 5, 598: “agri,” a boundary, Val. Max. 5, 6, 4: “puppis,” Sil. 3, 360: “terrarum,” shore, Ov. M. 1, 13: “viridi si margine cluderet undas herba,” Juv. 3, 14: capite super margine scuti posito, Liv. 44, 33.—In fem.: “margo, quae sustinet arenam,” Vitr. 5, 12; Aemil. Macer. and Rabir. ap. Charis. p. 49 P.: “plena jam margine libri,” Juv. 1, 5; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 27: “margine in extremo littera rasa,” Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22: “comae,” Stat. S. 2, 1, 44: “oculorum,” id. ib. 3, 2, 53: “rostri,” Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 37: “templi,” threshold, Stat. S. 4, 4, 54: “imperii,” boundary, Ov. Tr. 2, 199; cf.: “extremo in margine imperii, qua Rhenus alluit,” Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.—

II. Transf. (poet.): “partem modicae sumptam de margine cenae,” i. e. the side-dishes, Juv. 4, 30.