prūnum Copy link ⓘprūne: neut voc sg • prūnum, i, n. [prunus], a plum: cerea, Verg. E. 2, 53: cereola, Col. 10, 404; 12, 10, 2; Plin. 15, 13, 13, § 44: spini jam pruna ferentes, Verg. G. 4, 145; Ov. M. 13, 817; Mart. 13, 29, 1.
prūnus Copy link ⓘprūne: fem voc sg • prūnus, i, f., = προύνη, a plum-tree, Verg. G. 2, 34; Plin. 13, 10, 19, § 65; Pall. Nov. 7, 14; id. Feb. 25, 32.—Esp.: prunus silvestris, the blackthorn, sloe-tree, Col. 2, 2, 20; Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 34.
prūnum Copy link ⓘprūne: neut voc sg • prūnum, ī, n., prune [fruit] : Virg. G. 2, 34 ; B. 2, 53 ; Plin. 15, 44 || prunelle : Virg. G. 4, 145.
prūnus Copy link ⓘprūne: fem voc sg • prūnus, ī, f. (προύνη), prunier : Cato Agr. 133, 2 ; Plin. 13, 64 ; Col. Rust. 2, 2, 20.
prune (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. pŭto, 12. purgo, 1 (to clear off anything superfluous, as excessive leafage, etc.)3. dēcăcūmĭno, 1 (by snipping off the ends of branches and shoots)4. pampĭno, 1 (in vines, to remove superfluous shoots and tendrils)II. Fig.1. ampŭto, 12. rĕsĕco, ui, sectum, 1. you must p. away as much of it as is necessary, tu haec, quantum ratio exegerit, reseca, Plin. 2, 5, 4.3. rĕcīdo, di, sum, 34. a somewhat different figure is, reprĭmo, 3 • prune (v.): I. Lit.: 1. pŭto, 1: to p. trees with the knife, arbores falce p.. Cato R. R. 32: Virg.: Col. Comps. (1). dēpŭto, 1 (to p. down, esp. to cut away the growing shoots freely): Cato R. R. 49: Col. 11, 2, med. (2). ampŭto, 1 (to p. away, lop off; used with ref. both to the tree and to the lopped-off branches): to p. a vine, vitem ferro a., Cic. Sen. 15, 52: to p. away useless branches, inutiles ramos falce a., Hor. Epod. 2, 13. (3). interpŭto, 2 (lop out branches here and there): Cato R. R. 50 (ficos interputare): Col. 2. purgo, 1 (to clear off anything superfluous, as excessive leafage, etc.): cf. Cato R. R. 65, oleam foliis et stercore purgare. So interpurgo, to cleanse or clear here and there. Plin. 3. dēcăcūmĭno, 1 (by snipping off the ends of branches and shoots): Col. 4, 7, fin. (pampinum d., to remove the growing end of a shoot). 4. pampĭno, 1 (in vines, to remove superfluous shoots and tendrils): to p. a vine, vitem p., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, init.: Col. Rarely of other trees, Col. 4, 31 (of willows). (N.B.--Interlucare arbores = to thin them.) II. Fig.: to remove what is redundant in expression: 1. ampŭto, 1: I like there to be something in (the style of) a young man for me to p. away, volo esse in adolescente unde aliquid amputem, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88. 2. rĕsĕco, ui, sectum, 1. you must p. away as much of it as is necessary, tu haec, quantum ratio exegerit, reseca, Plin. 2, 5, 4. 3. rĕcīdo, di, sum, 3: to p. away showy ornaments, ambitiosa ornamenta r., Hor. A. P. 447: Quint. 12, 10, 52. 4. a somewhat different figure is, reprĭmo, 3: cf. Cic. Br. 91, fin. [Molo] dedit operam ut nimis redundantes nos reprimeret, et quasi extra ripas diffluentes coerceret.
PRUNE Copy link • PRUNE 1. s. prunum. 2. v. PROP., (arbores) putare, interputare (Col.); interpurgare (Plin.); collucare, interlucare; amputare; compescere (vitem, Col.; ramos, Verg.): to prune a vine, vineam pampinare; supervacuos pampinos detrahere (Col.); vitem purgare a foliis (Cato); vitem amputare, deputare, rescindere (Col.). Figuratively, amputare; resecare; circumscribere; coercere.