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ruta

ruta2, things dug up, mining products, minerals

rŭta caesa, v. ruo, P. a.
rūta, ae, f., = ῥυτή (cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 103 Müll.), a bitter herb, rue.
  • I Lit., Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3; Col. 11, 3, 38; 12, 7, 5; Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156; 20, 13, 51, § 131; Ov. R. Am. 801; Mart. 11, 31, 17; 52, 8.—*
  • II Trop., bitterness, unpleasantness: cras exspecto Leptam, ad cujus rutam pulegio mihi tui sermonis utendum est, Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 2.

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