grain Copy link Outline I. A small particle1. grānum (strictly a small seed)2. mĭca (a granular particle3. partĭcŭlaII. CornIII. The course of veining or fibres • grain: I. A small particle: 1. grānum (strictly a small seed): a g. of wheat, g. tritici, Pl.: a g. of pepper, g. piperis, Plin.: a g. of salt, g. salis, Plin. 2. mĭca (a granular particle: not a seed): a g. of gold, m. auri, Lucr.: a g. of salt, m. salis, Plin.: the crackling g. (of salt), saliens m., Hor. Od. 3, 23, extr. Fig.: there is not one g. of salt (sense) in all that body, nulla in tam magno est corpore m., Cat. 86, 4. 3. partĭcŭla: v. particle. II. Corn: frūmentum: v. corn. III. The course of veining or fibres: Phr.: to cut timber across the g., *materiam transversis fibris caedere: wood very fine in the g., *lignum fibris tenuissimis: v. fibre. Fig.: against the g. (i. e. contrary to one's nature): invita Minerva ut aiunt, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110: Hor.