culmus
ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρὸς νόσων → death is the last healer of sicknesses
Latin > English
culmus culmi N M :: stalk, stem (of cereal grass/others); hay; straw; thatch
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
culmus: i, m. kindr. with culmen,
I a stalk, stem, esp. of grain, straw, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 3 (Cod. Vindob. culmen); Cic. Sen. 15, 51; Verg. G. 1, 111; 1, 317 al.—Of other plants: milii, panici, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 52: holci, id. 27, 10, 63, § 90: lilii, Stat. S. 3, 3, 128.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
culmus,¹² ī, m., tige, a) [du blé] tuyau de blé, chaume : Cic. CM 51 ; Virg. G. 1, 111 ; b) des autres plantes] : Col. Rust. 12, 15, 3 || [fig.] chaume, toit de chaume : Virg. En. 8, 654.
Latin > German (Georges)
culmus, ī, m. (v. cello, wie culmen), der Halm, a) des Getreides, Cic. de sen. 51. Verg. georg. 1, 111 u.a.: Cerealis, die Ähre, Verg. georg. 2, 517: dah. Stroh, Strohdach, Sidon. epist. 7, 17, 2: Romuleo recens horrebat regia culmo, Verg. Aen. 8, 654. – b) der Stengel anderer Pflanzen, fabae, Col. 12, 15, 3: milii et panici, Plin. 18, 52: liliae, Stat. silv. 3, 3, 128. – / Nbf. culmum, ī, n., Nep. nach Auct. inc. de dub. nom. 576, 12.
