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rāmus, i, m. [for rad-mus; Sanscr. root vardh, crescere; cf.: radix, radius], a branch, bough, twig (cf.: surculus, termes).I.Lit.:B.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. —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. 6.A branch or arm of the Greek letter g, used by Pythagoras as a symbol of the two paths of life, leading to virtue and vice, Aus. Idyll. 12, 9;II.hence called Samii rami,
Pers. 3, 56.—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.
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