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fomes

fomes, kindling-wood, tinder

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

fōmes, itis, m.: kindling stuff; fuel, 1.176. (foveō)
fōmes, ĭtis, m. [foveo], kindling-wood, touch-wood, tinder.
  • I Lit.: silici scintillam excudit Achates . . . rapuitque in fomite flammam, Verg. A. 1, 176; Luc. 8, 776; Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 208.—
    • B Trop. (post-class.): fomes et incitabulum ingenii virtutisque, Gell. 15, 2, 3: peccati, Prud. Apoth. 942: invidiae, Vulg. Gen. 37, 8.—
  • II Transf.: fomites sunt assulae ex arboribus, dum caeduntur, excussae: dictae, quod in eo opere occupati cibis potuque confoventur, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.; cf.: Fomes πελέκημα, Gloss. Labb.

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