Medulla, medullæ. Plin. Marrow in bones: in hearbes and shrubbes, the pith.Mihi medullam lassitudo perbibit.Plaut.Wearinesse hath cleane consumed my marrow and strength.Albæ medullæ.Ouid.Liquefactæ medullæ cæca tabe.Ouid.The marrow melted with an inward consumption.Mollibus ardet igois in medollis. Catull. The fire of loue burnethin the inward partes of his hart and mind.Est mollis flamma medullas.Virg.The tender fire of lous consumeth him inwardly.Fouet igne medullas amor.Ouid.Hærere medullis alicuius.Cic.In pop. Romani medullis ac visceribus hærere. Cic.Inclusa sunt mihi in medullis.Cic.Insidet in medullis feruor, Cic.Labitur totas furor in medullas. Sen. In medijs litium medullis versantur. Quint.
Medullo, aui, áre. To take out the marrow: to expresse vtterly.Narra rem omnem, atque emedulla.Megalenses.Playes to the honour of Cybele.Megaloprepeia.An honourable fashion in imploying of great things meete for one of high courage.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mĕdulla, ae, f. [medius], the marrow of bones; the pith of plants (class.). I.Lit., Hor. Epod. 5, 37: cumque albis ossa medullis, Ov. M. 14, 208: ossa regum vacuis exsucta medullis, Juv. 8, 90: per media foramina a cerebro medullā descendente, Plin. 11, 37, 67, 178.—B.Transf., the pith, inside, kernel: vitis medullā, Col. 3, 18, 5; Plin. 16, 25, 42, 103: frumenta, quae salsā aquā sparsa moluntur, candidiorem medullam reddunt, i. e.
meal, flour
, Plin. 18, 9, 20, 87: medulla ventris,
the inside
, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 17.—II.Trop., the marrow, kernel, innermost part, best part, quintessence: at ego pereo, cui medullam lassitudo perbibit, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 18: cum hic fervor tamquam in venis medullisque insederit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; cf.: in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant, id. Phil. 1, 15, 36: haec mihi semper erunt imis infixa medullis, Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 9: qui mihi haeres in medullis,
who are at the bottom of my heart
, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2: qui mihi sunt inclusa medullis, id. Att. 15, 4, 3: nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae, Juv. 14, 215: communes loci, qui in mediis litium medullis versantur, Quint. 2, 1, 11: verborum,
inner meaning
, Gell. 18, 4, 2: divisio compagum ac medullarum,
the innermost parts
, Vulg. Heb. 4, 12.—Poet.: suadae, the marrow or quintessence of eloquence, said of Cethegus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 309 Vahl.); cf. Quint. 2, 15, 4.
mĕdullo, 1, v. a. [id.], to fill with marrow (post-class.): cura nimia medullatos artus magni facit, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, 16, p. 21, 13: quando ossa incipiunt medullari, Aug. Anim. 4, 5; Ven. Carm. 3, 7 fin.
