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|lshtext=<b>frŭtex</b>: ĭcis, m. (<br /><b>I</b> fem.: Nilotica, Mart. Cap. 3, § 225) [prob. kindr. [[with]] [[βρύω]]>, to [[sprout]] [[forth]], a [[shrub]], [[bush]] (cf. [[arbor]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ex [[surculo]] vel [[arbor]] procedit, ut [[olea]], [[ficus]], [[pirus]]; vel [[frutex]], ut violae, rosae, arundines; vel [[tertium]] quiddam, [[quod]] [[neque]] arborem [[neque]] fruticem [[proprie]] dixerimus, [[sicuti]] est [[vitis]], Col. Arb. 1, 2; Col. 8, 15, 5; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Ov. A. A. 3, 249; Petr. 135: [[numerosus]], Plin. 18, 24, 55, § 199: olerum, Col. 11, 3, 63: lupini, id. 2, 14, 5: [[sucus]] fruticis recentis, Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 71: frutices [[inter]] membra condebant, Lucr. 5, 956: his [[genus]] omne silvarum fruticumque viret, Verg. G. 2, 21: in montuosis locis et fruticibus, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; [[collect]]. in the sing.: venari asello comite cum vellet leo, Contexit illum frutice, Phaedr. 1, 11, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Perh., the [[lower]] [[part]] of the [[stem]] of a [[tree]], the [[trunk]]: [[quercus]] antiqua singulos [[repente]] ramos a frutice dedit, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. radice).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As a [[term]] of [[reproach]], [[like]] [[caudex]], [[stipes]], [[blockhead]]: nec veri [[simile]] loquere nec [[verum]], [[frutex]], Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 13 Lorenz (Ritschl, [[rupex]]); App. Mag. p. 317; v. Oud. ad h. l.