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|lshtext=<b>ŭmĕrus</b>: ([[incorrectly]] spelled hŭmĕrus in [[many]] edd.), i, m. cf. [[ὦμος]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop., the [[upper]] [[bone]] of the [[arm]], Cels. 8, 1. —<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[upper]] [[part]] of the [[arm]] (so [[only]] [[poet]]. for the [[usual]] [[lacertus]]): [[innixus]] dextro plena trahens umero, upperarm, [[arm]], Prop. 1, 20, 44: umeros [[exsertus]] [[uterque]], Stat. Th. 5, 439; 4, 235; Ov. F. 1, 409.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[shoulder]] (of a [[man]]; opp. [[armus]] of an [[animal]], v. h. v.; the predom. signif. of the [[word]]): [[meus]] est [[ballista]] [[pugnus]], [[cubitus]] [[catapulta]] est mihi, Umerus [[aries]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: id conexum in umero laevo, id. Mil. 4, 4, 44: sagittae pendebant ab umero, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74; cf. Hor. C. 1, 21, 12: umerum [[apertum]] gladio appetit, Caes. B. C. 2, 35: [[Chloris]] [[albo]] sic umero [[nitens]], Hor. C. 2, 5, 18: sparsum odoratis umerum capillis, id. ib. 3, 20, 14: [[pars]] umeri ima tui, Ov. A. A. 3, 307.— Plur.: (virgines) quas matres [[student]] Demissis umeris esse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23: [[scutum]], [[gladium]], galeam in onere nostri milites non [[plus]] numerant [[quam]] umeros, lacertos, [[manus]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37: ut bracchia [[modo]] [[atque]] umeri ad sustinenda [[arma]] [[liberi]] ab aquā esse possent, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: pedites [[tantummodo]] umeris ac summo pectore exstare, id. B. C. 1, 62: cum [[Milo]] umeris sustineret bovem vivum, Cic. Sen. 10, 33: [[quod]] pupillum filium [[ipse]] [[paene]] in umeros suos extulisset, id. de Or. 1, 53, 228: densum umeris [[vulgus]], Hor. C. 2, 13, 32: nube candentes umeros [[amictus]] Augur [[Apollo]], id. ib. 1, 2, 31; so, candidi, id. ib. 1, 13, 10: umeris positurus arcum, id. ib. 3, 4, 60: et quae [[nunc]] umeris involitant, deciderint comae, id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.: ex umeris armi fiunt, Ov. M. 10, 700; so id. ib. 12, 396; cf.: terrestrium [[solus]] [[homo]] [[bipes]]: uni juguli, umeri, ceteris armi, Plin. 11, 43, 98, § 243.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Umerus is also used of animals (as, on the [[other]] [[hand]], armi is of men; v. [[armus]]); of oxen, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159.—Of cocks, Col. 8, 2, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of the [[middle]] [[part]] of a [[thing]], the [[back]], [[ridge]] ([[post]]-Aug.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of trees and plants: certum est ab umeris arborum surculos petendos, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 105; Col. 3, 10, 5; id. Arb. 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[mountain]] ridges: montium [[flexus]] crebrique vertices et conflexa [[cubito]] aut confracta in umeros juga, Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115 (al. numeros): virides umeros, Stat. Th. 6, 714. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[country]]: [[Rhegium]] [[oppidum]] in umero ejus (Italiae) situm, a quo veluti cervicis incipit [[flexus]], Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 43; so, duo haec oppida ... sita sunt utrāque ex parte [[velut]] in umeris Helladis, id. 4, 7, 11, § 23.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop., in plur., the shoulders; as in Engl., [[when]] [[speaking]] of [[bearing]] a [[burden]]: tota ut [[comitia]] suis, ut dictitabat, umeris sustineret, Cic. Mil. 9, 25: rem publicam umeris sustinere, id. Fl. 37, 94: cum [[expertus]] esset, [[quam]] [[bene]] umeris tuis sederet [[imperium]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 10, 6; 57, 4: sumite materiam vestris qui scribitis aequam Viribus, et versate diu, [[quid]] ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri, Hor. A. P. 40.