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|lshtext=<b>grāmen</b>: ĭnis, n. Sanscr. [[root]] gar-, to [[swallow]]; Gr. βορ- in [[βιβρώσκω]], [[βορά]]>; Lat. -vorus, in [[carnivorus]], vorare, etc.; [[hence]], [[fuller]] [[root]] gras-; Gr. [[γράστις]]>; Lat. grāmen for gras-men; cf. Germ. Gras; Engl. [[grass]],<br /><b>I</b> [[grass]] (cf.: [[herba]], [[faenum]], [[cespes]], [[glaeba]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: prostrati in gramine molli, Lucr. 2, 29; 5, 1392; Hor. Epod. 2, 24: [[cervus]] graminis [[immemor]], id. C. 1, 15, 30: aprici campi, id. A. P. 162: graminis [[herba]], a [[blade]] of [[grass]], Verg. E. 5, 26; Liv. 1, 24, 5: floreum, [[flowery]] [[turf]], Mart. 9, 91, 1: generosum, Juv. 12, 40: [[quocumque]] de gramine ([[equus]]), [[pasture]], id. 8, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: tondere gramina, Lucr. 2, 660; Hor. C. 4, 7, 1; 4, 1, 39; Verg. E. 10, 29; id. G. 1, 56; 2, 200 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[plant]], [[herb]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: ignobile cerinthae, Verg. G. 4, 63: Indum, Indian [[aromatic]] herbs, Stat. S. 2, 1, 187; cf.: Arabum de gramine odores, Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 17; Quint. 5, 8, 1: non [[illa]] feris incognita capris Gramina (i. e. dictamnus), Verg. A. 12, 415: [[neve]] [[parum]] valeant a se [[data]] gramina, Ov. M. 7, 137 (for [[which]]: accepit cantatas herbas, id. ib. 7, 98).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[dog]]'s-[[grass]], [[couch]]-[[grass]], Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 178 sq.