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ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful

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grāmĭnĕus: a, um, adj. gramen,
I of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
I In gen.: campus, Verg. A. 5, 287: palaestrae, id. ib. 6, 642: sedile, id. ib. 8, 176: arae, id. ib. 12, 119: corona obsidionalis, a grass crown presented by those who were delivered from a siege to their deliverer, among the Romans the highest mark of military honor, Liv. 7, 37, 2; cf. Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 6; Gell. 5, 6, 8; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 309.—
II In partic., of Indian reed, bamboo: hasta (Minervae), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.

grāmĭnĕus,¹² a, um (gramen), de gazon : graminea corona Liv. 7, 37, 2, couronne de gazon, v. obsidionalis

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 |lshtext=<b>grāmĭnĕus</b>: a, um, adj. [[gramen]],<br /><b>I</b> of [[grass]], [[covered]] [[with]] [[grass]], [[grassy]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[campus]], Verg. A. 5, 287: palaestrae, id. ib. 6, 642: [[sedile]], id. ib. 8, 176: arae, id. ib. 12, 119: [[corona]] [[obsidionalis]], a [[grass]] [[crown]] presented by those [[who]] were delivered from a [[siege]] to [[their]] [[deliverer]], [[among]] the Romans the [[highest]] [[mark]] of [[military]] [[honor]], Liv. 7, 37, 2; cf. Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 6; Gell. 5, 6, 8; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 309.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of Indian [[reed]], bamboo: [[hasta]] (Minervae), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.
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