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frŭtĭco (ū long in frūtĭcăt arbor, Tert. Judic. Dom. 135), āvi, ātum, v. n., and frŭtĭcor , āri,
I.v. dep. n. [id.], to put forth shoots, to sprout out, to become bushy.
I. Lit.: “excisa est arbor, non evulsa: itaque, quam fruticetur, vides,” Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: “ubi ex uno semine pluribus culmis fruticavit (triticum),” Col. 2, 9, 6; Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140; 19, 5, 29, § 92; 17, 10, 14, § 70; Sil. 9, 205.—
II. Poet. transf., of the hair: “fruticante pilo,” Juv. 9, 15; “of a stag's antlers: aspicis, ut fruticat late caput,” Calp. Ecl. 6, 37.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.4.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.70
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.9.6
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