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|lshtext=<b>fĭmus</b>: i (also fĭmum, i, n., Plin. 28, 17, 70, § 234 sq.; 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 9, 23, § 76; Lact. Opif. D. 11, 20: fimo,<br /><b>I</b> abl. fem., Apul. Met. 7, p. 200 fin.), m. Sanscr. dhūmas, [[smoke]]; dhū-lis, [[dust]]; cf. Gr. θυ-, [[θύνω]], [[θῦμα]], [[θύος]]>; Lat. sub-fīo, sub-fimen; Germ. Dunst; Engl. [[dust]], [[that]] [[which]] fertilizes or manures, [[dung]], [[ordure]], [[excrement]] ([[only]] in the <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, Diom. p. 314 P.; for syn. cf.: [[stercus]], [[merda]], [[quisquiliae]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Verg. G. 1, 80; Col. 2, 14, 4; 3, 11, 4; Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; 30, 9, 23, § 76: [[caballinus]], id. 29, 5, 32, § 102; Liv. 38, 18, 4: fimo si [[quis]] aliquem perfuderit, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13. —<br /><b>II</b> Poet. transf. for [[lutum]], [[dirt]], [[mire]], Verg. A. 5, 333 and 358.
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