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dūmētum or dummetum (another form: DUMECTA antiqui quasi DUMICETA appellabant, quae nos dumeta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 67, 10 Müll.), i, n. [dumus], thorn-bushes, thorn-hedge, thicket.

  1. I. Lit., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23; Verg. G. 1, 15; Hor. C. 3, 4, 63; 3, 29, 23 al.
  2. II. Trop.: cur orationem tantas in angustias et Stoicorum dumeta compellimus? Cic. Ac. 2, 35: quod cum efficere voltis (i. e. deum significare) in dumeta conrepitis, id. N. D. 1, 24 fin.