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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>alga</b>: ae, f. from [[ligo]], qs. alliga, as [[binding]], entwining, Van.,<br /><b>I</b> [[sea]]-[[weed]], comprising [[several]] kinds, of [[which]] one (Fucus [[vesiculosus]], Linn.) [[was]] used for coloring [[red]], Plin. 26, 10, 66; 32, 6, 22, § 66. Freq. in the poets, Hor. C. 3, 17, 10; Verg. A. 7, 590; so Mart. 10, 16, 5; Val. Fl. 1, 252; Claud. Ruf. 1, 387. In [[prose]], Auct. B. Afr. 24 fin. —Hence also for a [[thing]] of [[little]] [[worth]]: vilior algā, Hor. S. 2, 5, 8: projectā vilior algā, Verg. E. 7, 42.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>alga</b>,¹³ æ, f., algue : Plin. 32, 66 ; Hor. O. 3, 17, 10 ; Virg. En. 7, 590 &#124;&#124; [fig., pour désigner qqch. de peu de valeur] : Hor. S. 2, 5, 8 ; Virg. B. 7, 42.||[fig., pour désigner qqch. de peu de valeur] : Hor. S. 2, 5, 8 ; Virg. B. 7, 42.
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