branch (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A limb of a tree1. rāmus2. frons, dis, f. (a b. with leaves)3. brāchĭum (poet.)II. Anything analogous to a bough1. rāmus2. brāchiumIII. A part, division • branch (subs.): I. A limb of a tree: 1. rāmus: the b.s of a tree, arboris r., Lucr.: to break off a b. of a tree, r. arboris defringere, Cic.: the oak stretches out its strong b.s and arms widely, aesculus fortes late r. et brachia tendit, Virg.: leafy b.s, r. frondentes, Virg. Fig.: to lop off the b.s of unhappiness, r. amputare miseriarum, Cic. Dimin.: rāmŭlus, a small b., Cic.; also, ramusculus, Hier. 2. frons, dis, f. (a b. with leaves): a b. of oak, f. quernea, Cato: to apply the pruning-knife to young b.s, f. teneris falcem adhibere, Quint.: Cic.: v. foliage. 3. brāchĭum (poet.): the b.s of an oak, b. quercus, Cat.: Virg. II. Anything analogous to a bough: 1. rāmus: (a). of horns: from the top of the horn b.s spread out, ab cornus summo r. diffunduntur, Caes.: (b). of mountains: mount Cambalidus is a b. of the Caucasus, mons Cambalidus est Caucasi r., Plin.: (c). of a member of a family: a b. from a Tuscan stem, stemmate Tusco r., Pers. 2. brāchium: (a). of mountains: the Taurus sends off b.s, Taurus b. emittit, Plin.: (b). of the sea: v. arm. III. A part, division: q. v.: gĕnus, ĕris, n.: Cic. Phr.: b.s of learning, doctrinae, id.
branch (v.) Copy link Outline I. To shoot or spread in branches. Phr.II. To separate into parts1. dīvĭdor, dīvīsus, 32. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (with pron. reflect., or as v. reflect.)3. diffundor, fūsus, 3 • branch (v.): I. To shoot or spread in branches. Phr.: the tree has b.'d to the sky, exiit ad coelum ramis arbos, Virg.: the oak b.'s out, quercus ramos tendit, Virg. II. To separate into parts: 1. dīvĭdor, dīvīsus, 3: the Fibrenus b.'s into two parts, Fibrenus in duas partes dividitur, Cic. 2. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (with pron. reflect., or as v. reflect.): the family of both b.'s off from a single progenitor, genus amborum s. se sanguine ab uno, Virg.: the physical part of philosophy b.'s into two parts, naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur, Sen. 3. diffundor, fūsus, 3: the nation b.'s out through Latium, d. gens per Latium, Virg.
BRANCH Copy link • BRANCH 1. ramus (a bough from the trunk): frons (leafy branch of a bough): termes (branch broken off with its leaves and fruits). A dry branch, ramale. A vine branch, palmes, sarmentum. A little branch (bough), ramulus, ramusculus. Sprig, surculus, sarmentum. To put forth branches [Vid. 2. v.] : excessively, silvescere. To have branches, frondere. FIG., ramus (branch or collateral line of a stock): familia (division of a gens): pars (part). Branch of a river, brachium, pars; caput (one of its mouths). Branch of the sea, sinus, aestuarium. Branch of a mountain, ramus, brachium. The four branches into which morals divide themselves, quatuor partes honestatis. 3. v. frondescere; ramis diffundi; luxuriari. A branching beech, patula fagus. Branch (divide itself) into two parts, into several parts, in duas, plures partes dividi. To branch out a discourse, orationem in plures partes, in plurima capita distinguere. To speak diffusely, latius, uberius dicere, disputare; pluribus dicere. To branch out far, late se fundere.