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tĭlĭa , ae, f.,
I.the linden or lime-tree.
I. Lit., Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65; Verg. G. 1, 173; 2, 449; 4, 183; Ov. M. 8, 620; 10, 92. —
II. Transf., the inner bark of the linden, barkbands, Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65; cf. “of the elm: corticis interior tilia lepras sedat,” id. 24, 8, 33, § 48.
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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    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.173
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.620
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 24.48
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.65
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