fraxinus, i, f., an ash-tree, ash, remarkable for its slenderness: Fraxinus excelsior, Linn. Lit., Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 62 et saep.; Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.): fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima, Verg. E. 7, 65; id. G. 2, 359; Hor. C. 3, 25, 16; Ov. M. 7, 677 al.

— Transf., an ashen spear or javelin (cf.: fraxinea hasta, v. the prec. art.), Ov. M. 5, 143; 12, 122; 324; Stat. Th. 6, 102.