Definition of laurus
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Orthography ID = 1009111
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LEM
laurus, laurī
noun (f., 2nd declension)
  1. a bay-tree, laurel-tree, laurel (sacred to Apollo)
  2. its branches were the crown of poets
  3. of the flamens
  4. and of ancestral images in festivals
  5. generals in triumph wore laurel crowns, carried laurel branches, and the fasces of their lictors were bound with laurel
Abbreviations
laurus ī (abl. laurū and laurō, H., O.; plur, nom. and acc. laurūs, V., Ct., Tb.; voc. laurūs, O.), f a bay-tree, laurel-tree, laurel (sacred to Apollo): Phoebo sua Munera, lauri, etc., V.

— its branches were the crown of poets: Pindarus Laureā donandus, H.

— of the flamens: coronatus laureā coronā, L.

— and of ancestral images in festivals

— generals in triumph wore laurel crowns, carried laurel branches, and the fasces of their lictors were bound with laurel, C.: nitidā incingere lauru, O.: incurrit haec nostra laurus non solum in oculis, sed, etc., i. e. triumph: ornari lauro secundā, Iu.
 
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