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mĕdulla, ae, f. [medius], the marrow of bones; the pith of plants (class.).

  1. 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.
    1. 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.
  2. 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.

Mĕdulli, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. an Alpine people in Sabaudia, Inscr. ap. Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137; Vitr. 8, 3, 20.
    Hence,
  2. II. Mĕdullīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Medulli, Medullian: Medullini te feret aura noti, i. e. Alpine wind, Aus. Ep. 5, 27.

Medullĭa, ae, f., or Medullum, i, n.,

  1. I. a little town in Latium, near the modern Monte Verde, Liv. 1, 33, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68.
    Hence,
  2. II. Medullīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Medullia, Medullian; as subst.
    1. A. Mĕdullīnus, i, m., a Roman surname; e. g. L. Furius Medullinus, Liv. 4, 25, 5.
    2. B. Mĕdullīna, ae, f.: Livia Medullina, Suet. Claud. 26; Juv. 6, 322.
      In plur. subst.: Medullīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Medullia, Inscr. Orell. 535.

Medullus, i, m., a mountain in Hispania Tarraconensis, Flor. 4, 12, 50; Oros. 6, 21.