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|lshtext=<b>bāca</b>: (less correctly [[bacca]]), ae, f. acc. to Benfey, for bacsa, [[kindred]] [[with]] Sanscr. bhaksh, edere, vorare; cf. also bhaxa, [[food]]; [[but]] v. Vani[cbreve]ek, Etym. Wörterb. 2, p. 561,<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]] [[round]] [[fruit]], a [[berry]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. (cf.: [[acinus]], [[glans]]): virgas murteas cum bacis servare, [[Cato]], R. R. 101; Ov. M. 11, 234: lauri, Verg. G. 1, 306: [[tinus]], Ov. M. 10, 98: ebuli, Verg. E. 10, 27: cupressi, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115: platani, id. 15, 7, 7, § 29: hyssopi, id. 26, 12, 76, § 124 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. freq. the [[olive]]: [[agricola]] cum florem oleae videt, bacam [[quoque]] se visurum putat, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16; Hor. S. 2, 4, 69; id. Ep. 1, 16, 2; Ov. M. 6, 81; 8, 295; cf. Mart. 13, 101.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Esp., absol., in the poets of the [[olive]], Hor. C. 2, 6, 16: [[quot]] [[Sicyon]] bacas, [[quot]] parit [[Hybla]] favos, Ov. P. 4, 15, 10.—As [[sacred]] to [[Minerva]]: ponitur hic [[bicolor]] sincerae [[baca]] Minervae, Ov. M. 8, 664; 13, 653.—And of the [[fruit]] of the [[wild]] [[olive]]-[[tree]], Ov. M. 14, 525; cf. Verg. G. 2, 183.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[any]] [[fruit]] of a [[tree]], * Lucr. 5, 1363: arbores seret [[diligens]] [[agricola]], quarum aspiciet bacam [[ipse]] [[numquam]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31: [[fruges]] terrae, bacaeque arborum, id. Div. 1, 51, 116; so id. Sen. 2, 5: rami bacarum ubertate incurvescere, id. poët. ap. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. Rel. inc. inc. v. 135 Rib.); cf. id. de Or. 3, 38, 154: [[semen]] inclusum est in intimā parte earum bacarum, quae ex quāque stirpe funduntur, id. N. D. 2, 51, 127: [[fruges]] [[atque]] bacae, id. Leg. 1, 8, 25: felices, Sil. 15, 535.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> That [[which]] is [[like]] a [[berry]] in [[shape]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A pearl: [[marita]], quae Onusta bacis ambulet, Hor. Epod. 8, 14: [[aceto]] Diluit insignem bacam, id. S. 2, 3, 241; so Ov. M. 10, 116; 10, 265; Verg. Cul. 67; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 592; id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 167; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 88; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 528.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[dung]] of [[sheep]] or goats, Pall. Jan. 14, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[link]] of a [[chain]] in the [[shape]] of a [[berry]], Prud. στεφ. 1, 46; so id. Psych. prooem. 33.
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|gf=(1) <b>bāca</b>,¹¹ (qqf. <b>[[bacca]]), æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> baie : [en gén.] fruit rond de n’importe quel arbre, fruit : [[Cato]] Agr. 101 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, etc. || [en part.] olive : Cic. Div. 2, 16<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] perle : Hor. Epo. 8, 14 ; S. 2, 3, 241 ; Ov. M. 10, 116, etc. || olive [servant de fermeture à une chaîne] : Greg. Tur. Mart. 1, 23, etc.
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