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sapinus

sapinus · f

a kind of fir-

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Where it lives

De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

sapīnus — Lewis & Short

sapīnus (sapp-), i, f.

I Lit., a kind of fir- or pine-tree, Cato ap. Plin. 16, 39, 75, § 193; Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 4; Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 61; cf. id. 15, 10, 9, § 36 (al. sappium).—

II Transf., the lower, smooth part of the fir-tree, Vitr. 1, 2, 8; 1, 2, 9; Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 196.

In the wild

sappini Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 15.10
sappinorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.2.8
sappino Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.39.p3
sappino Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.16.p96
sappinus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.12.p3
sappinus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.39.p4

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Where it came from

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