noun

arbŭtum

gen. arbŭti · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

(, Lucr. 5, 941), , id.

the fruit of the arbute; strawberrytree; the wild strawberry

the fruit of the arbute or strawberrytree, the wild strawberry.

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Lit.: quae nunc hiberno tempore cernis Arbita puniceo fieri matura colore, Lucr. 5, 941: glandes atque arbuta vel pira lecta (as the food of man in the state of nature; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4), id. 5, 963; so Verg. G. 1, 148; 2, 520.—

by metonymy

the arbute; strawberry-tree •

= arbutus, the arbute or strawberry-tree: jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere, i. e. frondes arbuti, that you give the goats a supply of arbuteshoots, Verg. G. 3, 300; cf. id. E. 3, 82; so id. G. 4, 181.—

A tree

A tree, in gen., Rutil. Itin. 1, 31. (The gram. Phocas considers arbuta in the signif. A. and B. as heterogen. from arbutus; v. Phoc. Ars, p. 1706 P., p. 338 Lind.)

Perseus ID: n3387 Key: arbutum