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1 strāmineus
strāmineus adj. [stramen], of straw: Quirites, i. e. men of straw (thrown into the Tiber, in place of human sacrifices), O.: casa, thatched, O., Pr.* * *straminea, stramineum ADJstraw-, made of straw; straw-colored (Cal) -
2 scirpeus (sirp-)
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3 faeneus
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4 floccus
I.Lit.:II.ne qui flocci intereant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8:pomis substrati flocci,
id. ib. 1, 59, 3:in veste floccos legere fimbriasve diducere,
Cels. 2, 6:pilulae intus habentes floccos molles,
Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28.—Transf., something trifling, insignificant, of no account (most freq., esp. with negatives, and in the phrase flocci facere, to make no account of, to care not a straw for; v. the foll.).(α).With a neg.:(β).ceterum qui sis, qui non sis, floccum non interduim,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 152 (Ritschl, ciccum; cf.:eluas tu an exungare, ciccum non interduim,
id. Rud. 2, 7, 22):neque ego illum maneo, neque flocci facio,
id. Men. 2, 3, 69:is leno flocci non fecit fidem,
id. Rud. prol. 47:ego, quae tu loquere, flocci non facio,
id. ib. 3, 5, 3:prorsus aveo scire, nec tamen flocci facio,
Cic. Att. 13, 50, 3:totam rem publicam flocci non facere,
id. ib. 4, 15, 4: quare, ut opinor, philosophêteon, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, id. ib. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (but here Ernesti reads eateon):satin abiit, neque quod dixi flocci existimat!
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73: invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum;ego non flocci pendere,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21.—Without a neg. (ante-class.), to account of slight value, of small importance:rumorem, famam flocci fecit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. obstinato, p. 193, 11 Müll.: tu istos minutos cave deos flocci feceris,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 24:flocci facere,
id. Most. 3, 2, 121; id. Men. 5, 7, 5; id. Ep. 3, 2, 12; id. Trin. 4, 2, 150; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11.— In pass.: flocci fiet. Culi cultor, Titin. ap. Non. 131, 33: rogata fuerit nec ne, flocci aestimo, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. muneralis, p. 143 Müll.: flocci pendo, quid rerum geras, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Exp. Serm. p. 565, 5.
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