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|lshtext=<b>mĕdulla</b>: ae, f. [[medius]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[marrow]] of bones; the [[pith]] of plants ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Hor. Epod. 5, 37: [[cumque]] albis ossa medullis, Ov. M. 14, 208: ossa regum vacuis exsucta medullis, Juv. 8, 90: per media foramina a cerebro medullā descendente, Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 178.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[pith]], [[inside]], [[kernel]]: [[vitis]] medullā, Col. 3, 18, 5; Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103: frumenta, quae salsā aquā sparsa moluntur, candidiorem medullam reddunt, i. e. [[meal]], [[flour]], Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87: [[medulla]] ventris, the [[inside]], Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 17.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., the [[marrow]], [[kernel]], innermost [[part]], [[best]] [[part]], [[quintessence]]: at ego [[pereo]], cui medullam [[lassitudo]] perbibit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 18: cum hic [[fervor]] [[tamquam]] in venis medullisque insederit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; cf.: in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant, id. Phil. 1, 15, 36: haec mihi [[semper]] erunt imis infixa medullis, Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 9: qui mihi [[haeres]] in medullis, [[who]] are at the [[bottom]] of my [[heart]], Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2: qui mihi sunt inclusa medullis, id. Att. 15, 4, 3: [[nondum]] implevere medullas maturae [[mala]] nequitiae, Juv. 14, 215: communes loci, qui in mediis litium medullis versantur, Quint. 2, 1, 11: verborum, [[inner]] [[meaning]], Gell. 18, 4, 2: [[divisio]] compagum ac medullarum, the innermost parts, Vulg. Heb. 4, 12.—Poet.: suadae, the [[marrow]] or [[quintessence]] of [[eloquence]], said of [[Cethegus]], Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 309 Vahl.); cf. Quint. 2, 15, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>mĕdulla</b>,¹⁰ æ, f. ([[medius]]),<br /><b>1</b> moelle des os] : Hor. Epo. 5, 37 ; Ov. M. 14, 208 ; Plin. 11, 178 ; pl., omne [[bonum]] in visceribus medullisque condere Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, renfermer tout le bien dans ses entrailles, et dans ses moelles [= dans les satisfactions du corps] || [en parl. des plantes] : Col. Rust. 3, 18, 5 ; Plin. 16, 103 || farine : Plin. 18, 87<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] moelle = cœur, entrailles : quæ [[mihi]] sunt inclusa medullis Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3, ces choses sont gravées au fond de moi-même ; tu qui [[mihi]] hæres in medullis Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2, toi qui habites au fond de mon cœur || la fleur, la moelle d’une chose : suadæ [[medulla]] Enn. Ann. 308, la moelle de la persuasion, cf. Cic. Br. 59 ; Gell. 18, 4, 2.
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