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emplastrātĭo, ōnis, f. [emplastro], in horticult. lang., the insertion of a small piece of the bark in inoculating a tree, etc., scutcheon-grafting, budding, Col. 5, 11, 1; id. Arb. 26, 1; 11, 2, 59; Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118 sq.; Pall. Jun. 5, 2.

emplastro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., in horticult. lang., to inoculate by inserting a bit of the bark with the eye, to scutcheongraft, to bud, Col. 5, 11, 10; 11, 2, 37; Pall. Mai. 6; id. Nov. 7, 7.

emplastrum, i, n. (or emplastra, ae, f., Gell. 16, 7 fin.), = ἔμπλαστρον.

  1. I. In medic. lang., a plaster.
    1. A. Prop., Cels. 5, 17; 19; Cato, R. R. 39, 2; Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 15; 34, 10, 22, § 103 et saep.
    2. * B. Trop.: quid est jusjurandum? Emplastrum aeris alieni, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7 fin.
  2. II. In horticult. lang., the band of bark which surrounds the eye in ingrafting, the scutcheon, Col. 5, 11, 10; id. Arb. 26, 9 sq.; Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 121; Pall. Febr. 17, 1 al.

emplecton, i, n., = ἔμπλεκτον (lit., interwoven), rubble-work, a sort of masonry in which the space between two walls is filled with broken stones and mortar, Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 171 (Vitr. 2, 8, 7, as Greek).