virgultum
Meaning
- neuterpluralplural onlybushes, thicket, copse, shrubbery, brambles
Ibi modico praesidio relicto egressus omnibus copiis partem militum locis circa densa virgulta obscuris subsidere in insidiis iussit; […]
He then left a small body of men, came out of the camp with all the remainder and ordered some of them to put themselves in hiding, by the shadows dense thickets offered nearby; […]27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 1.14 - neuterpluralplural onlyslips, sets or cuttings; plants
Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros, Sparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra, Aut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas; Inter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit Halitus atque animos tollent sata; iamque reperti, Qui saxo super atque ingentis pondere testae Urgerent; hoc effusos munimen ad imbris,
Translation by James B. Greenough For the rest, whate'er The sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon Strew refuse rich, and with abundant earth Take heed to hide them, and dig in withal Rough shells or porous stone, for therebetween Will water trickle and fine vapour creep, And so the plants their drooping spirits raise. Aye, and there have been, who with weight of stone Or heavy potsherd press them from above; This serves for shield in pelting showers, and this When the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.346–353
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Rami · Ramalia · Virga · Termes · Turio · Surculus · Talea · Sarmentum · Stolo · Virgultum · Fruticetum
1. Rami and ramalia are the boughs of a tree; rami (from ῥάκος) the living, green boughs, θαλλοί; ramalia, the withered dry boughs. Whereas virga, termes, turio, surculus, talea, sarmentum, and stolo, are only twigs; virga, and the words of rare occurrence, termes olivæ, and turio lauri, without any accessory reference, like κλάδος, κλών, κλῆμα; surculus and talea as members and offspring of the tree, which as scions and shoots should be subservient to the parent-stock, like ὀρσός; sarmentum and stolo, as mere off-shoots of the tree, are set aside, and cast away; sarmentum (from sarpere, ἅρπη,) as a completely useless twig; stolo, as at the same time an injurious sucker. 2. Virgultum is a place grown over with bushes, and not bare; fruticetum (from frutices) a place grown over with shrubs, and not passable. (v. 283.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | virgultum | virgulta |
| genitive | virgultī | virgultōrum |
| dative | virgultō | virgultīs |
| accusative | virgultum | virgulta |
| ablative | virgultō | virgultīs |
| vocative | virgultum | virgulta |
defodere in terram virgulta, Lucr. 5, 933: silvestria, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 2, 346.Origins
Syncopated from *virgulētum, from virgula + -ētum.
- Italianvirgulto
- Portuguesevergôntea