Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

pampĭnus, i, m. and f. (in fem.: circumflua pampinus, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 366: opaca, id. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 5; cf. Donat. p. 1747 P.; Serv. Verg. E. 7, 58, acc. to whom Varro often used the word as a fem.) [root pamp-, pap-, to swell, v. pōpulus; cf. papula, pustule], a tendril or young shoot of a vine (cf. palmes).

  1. I. Lit., Col. 4, 22, 4: ex gemmis pampini pullulant, id. 3, 18, 4: pampinos detergere, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175: detrahere, id. 17, 22, 35, § 193.
      1. 2. A vine-leaf, the foliage of a vine: involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64: uva vestita pampinis, Cic. Sen. 15, 53: male defendet pampinus uvas, Verg. G. 1, 448: ornatus viridi tempora pampino Liber, Hor. C. 4, 8, 34: pampini densitas, Col. 3, 2, 11.
  2. II. Transf., a clasper or tendril of any climbing plant, Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 9, 51, 74, § 163.