- ulmeus
- ulmĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to an elm-tree, of elm, elm-:
frons,
Col. 6, 3, 6:cena,
Juv. 11, 141: virgae, i. e. rods for whipping with, Plaut. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 478:qui tibi subnectabant rure huc virgas ulmeas,
id. As. 2, 2, 74; so,virgidemia,
id. Rud. 3, 2, 22:pigmenta,
id. Ep. 5, 1, 20; cf.: mihi tibique interminatu'st, nos futuros ulmeos, nisi, etc., that we shall be changed into elm-rods, i. e. shall be soundly scourged, id. As. 2, 2, 96; cf. the foll. art. and ulmus.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.