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viscum , i, n. (m. collat. form viscus , i, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 16) [cf. Gr. ἰξός, ϝιξος; Lat. viscus],
I.the mistletoe.
I. Lit., Plin. 16, 44, 94, § 248; 24, 4, 6, § 11; Verg. A. 6, 205.—
II. Transf., birdlime made from the berries of the mistletoe, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; Verg. G. 1, 139; Val. Fl. 6, 263; Mart. Spect. 11, 2.—
B. Trop.: “viscus merus vestra est blanditia,” Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 16: “tactus sum vehementer visco: cor stimulo foditur,” i. e. with love, id. ib. 5, 2, 39.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 1.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.205
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.139
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 24.11
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.57
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.263
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