fomentum

fomentum
fōmentum, i, n. [contr. from fovimentum from foveo], a warm application, warm lotion or poultice, fomentation.
I.
Lit.:

calida,

Cels. 2, 17 med.:

aquae calidae,

id. 8, 10, 7:

calida, sicca,

id. 3, 11 init.; 4, 14; cf. Suet. Aug. 81:

assideat, fomenta paret,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 82:

adhibere,

Col. 6, 30, 3:

(juvant) fomenta podagrum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 52: fomenta vulneribus nulla, i. e. bandages (before, ligamenta), Tac. A. 15, 55.—
B.
Transf., for fomes, touch-wood, kindling-wood: se ex arboribus fomenta excidisse, Clod. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 176:

fomenta ignium varia,

Amm. 20, 7, 12.—
II.
Trop.
A.
A lenitive, mitigation, alleviation:

haec sunt solatia, haec fomenta summorum dolorum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 59; cf.:

patentiae, fortitudinis fomentis dolor mitigari solet,

id. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

militaribus animis adhibenda fomenta, ut ferre pacem velint,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

paupertati suae fomenta conquirere,

App. M. 2, p. 124; Quint. 4, 3, 10:

ut haec ingrata ventis dividat Fomenta, vulnus nil malum levantia,

i. e. consolations, Hor. Epod. 11, 17.—
B.
Poet. transf., nourishment:

quodsi frigida curarum fomenta relinquere posses,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 26.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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