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ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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Latin > English

ramus rami N M :: branch, bough

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rāmus: i, m. for rad-mus; Sanscr. root vardh, crescere; cf.: radix, radius,
I a branch, bough, twig (cf.: surculus, termes).
I Lit.: in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 194 Vahl.): qui praetereuntes ramum defringerent arboris, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60: sub ramis arboris, Lucr. 2, 30; 5, 1393: decidere falcibus ramos, id. 5, 936 et saep.: tempora cingite ramis, Verg. A. 5, 71; 8, 286; Val. Fl. 6, 296; Hor. C. 2, 15, 9; id. S. 1, 5, 81: ingens ramorum umbra, Verg. G. 2, 489; id. A. 6, 808.—Poet., for a tree, Verg. A. 3, 650; for the fruit of trees, id. ib. 8, 318; in partic., for frankincense twigs, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 211. —
   B Transf., of things having a branching form.
   1    A branch of a stag's antlers, Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 2.—
   2    A spur of a mountain chain, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 134. —
   3    A club, Prop. 1, 1, 13; 4 (5), 9, 15.—
   4    = membrum virile, Nov. ap. Non. 116, 26.—
   5    An arm or mouth of a river: multos ignobiles ramos porrigit (Nilus), Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 11.—
   6    A branch or arm of the Greek letter γ,> used by Pythagoras as a symbol of the two paths of life, leading to virtue and vice, Aus. Idyll. 12, 9; hence called Samii rami, Pers. 3, 56.—
II Trop., a branch: ramos amputare miseriarum, Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13: fortitudo, cujus patientia et perpessio et tolerantia rami sunt, Sen. Ep. 67, 10.—Of a branch of consanguinity, Pers. 3, 28.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rāmus,⁹ ī, m.,
1 rameau, branche : Cic. de Or. 3, 179 ; Cæl. 60 ; Lucr. 5, 936, etc. || [fig.] ramos amputare miseriarum Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, couper les branches de nos misères ; cf. Sen. Ep. 67, 10 || [poét.] rami = les fruits des branches : Virg. En. 8, 318 ; [en parl. de l’encens.] Claud. 3 Cons. Hon. 211
2 [fig.] a) ramure d’un cerf : Cæs. G. 6, 26, 2 ; b) branche servant de massue : Prop. 1, 1, 13 ; 4, 9, 15 ; c) ramification [d’une chaîne de montagne] : Plin. 6, 134 ; [branches d’un fleuve] Sen. Nat. 4, 2, 11 ; [branche généalogique] Pers. 3, 28 ; d) [les branches de la lettre grecque Υ, considérées par Pythagore, le philos. de Samos, comme les deux sentiers, vice et vertu, devant lesquels arrive l’adolescence, d’où] Samii rami Pers. 3, 56, les branches samiennes, les deux sentiers, cf. Serv. En. 6, 136 ; Aus. Idyll. 12, 9.

Latin > German (Georges)

rāmus, ī, m. (verwandt mit radix), I) der Ast, Zweig (Ggstz. stirps, truncus), 1) eig.: a) übh.: ramus nodosus, retorridus, Sen.: frondens, Verg.: viridis, Ov.: arbor multorum ramorum, Fronto: rami palmarum, Palmzweige, Eccl.: in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia, Cic.: ab eius (cornus) summo sicut palmae ramique late diffunduntur, Caes. b.G. 6, 26, 2. – bildl., non solum ramos amputare miseriarum, sed omnes radicum fibras evellere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 13: fortitudo, cuius patientia et perpessio et tolerantia rami sunt, Sen. ep. 67, 10. – b) insbes., ein Ast als Keule, des Herkules, Prop. 1, 1, 13; 4, 9, 15. – 2) (poet.) meton., rami, a) Baum, bacas dant rami, Verg. Aen. 3, 650. – b) Baumfrüchte, rami atque venatus alebat, Verg. Aen. 8, 318. – c) Weihrauch, Claud. III cons. Hon. 211. – II) übtr.: 1) ein einzelner dünner Rohrstengel, Plin. 16, 163. Avien. fab. 16, 7. – 2) = mentula, Nov. com. 21. Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 115. – 3) Plur. rami, die Arme des griech. Buchstaben Y, die vom Samier Pythagoras als Sinnbild der beiden moral. Lebenspfade gebraucht wurden, Auson. edyll. 12. de litt. monos. 9. p. 138 Schenkl: dah. Samii rami gen., Pers. 3, 56. – 4) der Ast, Zweig eines Gebirges mons Cambalidus, qui est Caucasi ramus, Plin. 6, 134. – 5) der Arm eines Flusses, multos nihilominus ignobiles ramos in aliud atque litus porrigit (Nilus), Sen. nat. qu. 4, 2, 12. – 6) die Abzweigung einer Wasserleitung, r. Augustae (aquae), Frontin. aqu. 5: sublatis eiusmodi ramis, Röhrenverzweigungen, ibid. 115. – 7) der Zweig, die Linie der Verwandtschaft, Pers. 3, 28.