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|lshtext=<b>gemmo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. [[gemma]].<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[gemma]], I.) To [[put]] [[forth]] buds, to [[bud]] or [[gem]]: id [[fit]] [[antequam]] gemmare Aut florere [[quid]] incipit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 27, 1: gemmare vites, luxuriem esse in herbis, laetas segetes [[etiam]] rustici dicunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; id. Or. 24, 81 (cf.: [[necessitate]] rustici gemmam in vitibus dicunt, Quint. 8, 6, 6); v. [[gemma]] init.—In the [[part]]. pres.: gemmantem oculum caecare, Col. 4, 24, 16: [[vinea]], Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 188: sarmenta, Pall. Febr. 32: surculi rosarum, id. Nov. 11; for [[which]] in the [[part]]. perf.: [[melius]] proveniet, si ponendus [[ramus]] gemmata jam matre sumatur, Pall. Mart. 10, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[gemma]], II.; [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Neutr., to be [[adorned]] [[with]] [[precious]] stones, to [[sparkle]] [[with]] gems.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit. ([[only]] in the [[part]]. pres.): gemmantia sceptra, Ov. M. 3, 264: gemmantia litora, Manil. 4, 652.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., to [[glitter]], [[sparkle]], [[like]] gems: herbae gemmantes rore recenti, Lucr. 2, 319; 5, 461: gemmantes explicat [[alas]] ([[pavo]]), Mart. 13, 70; cf.: pinnae caudae (pavonis), Col. 8, 11, 8; Pall. 1, 28, 2 (see also [[gemma]], II. 2. c. and [[gemmeus]], II. B.): memphites ([[lapis]]) gemmantis naturae, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.
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