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|lshtext=<b>pōmum</b>: i, n. [[root]] pa- of [[pasco]], q. v..<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[fruit]] of [[any]] [[kind]] (apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.), Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 74; 15, 24, 30, § 104; 16, 26, 49, § 113; 17, 26, 39, § 247; Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: poma, [[fruit]], Verg. E. 7, 54; Ov. M. 13, 812; cf. Macr. S. 2, 6, 1.—Of truffles, Mart. 13, 50, 2.—Of grapes, Dig. 50, 16, 205; Nemes. Ecl. 3, 38: et pomis arbores replebuntur, Vulg. Lev. 26, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., for [[pomus]], a [[fruit]]-[[tree]], [[Cato]], R. R. 28; Verg. G. 2, 426; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 240; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.
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