单词 | ruminal fig tree |
释义 | > as lemmasRuminal fig tree In Roman mythology: designating a wild fig tree at the foot of the Palatine Hill under which Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, were suckled by a she-wolf. Chiefly in Ruminal fig tree. ΚΠ 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxx. 150 Dianus Lotus, the Ruminal Fig Tree. 1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Roma The Twins Cradle was found under a Fig-Tree called Ruminal. 1721 D. Humphreys tr. B. de Montfaucon Antiq. Explained I. ii. v. 185 Before her is the Ruminal Fig-tree [Fr. le figuier Ruminal], and at the Foot of it, the Wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus. 1793 A. Murphy in tr. Tacitus Wks. II. 108 The Ruminal tree, that gave shade to Romulus and Remus, begins to decay. 1831 R. Burgess Topogr. & Antiq. Rome I. i. 17 The Ruminal fig-tree probably never had any existence except in the fancy of poets. 1884 H. M. Westropp Early & Imperial Rome 36 Near this cave but somewhat lower was the Ruminal fig-tree, which overshadowed the cradle of the twins when cast on shore. 1901 R. A. Lanciani New Tales Old Rome i. 35 A fig-tree close by was held in veneration..because it symbolized the Ruminal tree, under the shade of which the wolf had tendered maternal care to the twins. 1905 19th Cent. & After July 106 The fortuitous shelter thus accorded to the twins does not fully enough discover for us the reasons for the peculiar veneration of the Ruminal fig-tree. 2005 F. Hageneder Meaning of Trees 93/2 In Rome, on the western slope of the Palatine hill, stood the consecrated ‘Ruminal Fig’, protected by a fence. < as lemmas |
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