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amurca

amurca, the waste in pressing olives, dregs of oil

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amurcae Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine genitive singular, Noun: feminine nominative plural, Noun: feminine dative singular of amurca

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ămurca (better than ămurga), ae, f., = ἀμόργη (cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 194),
  • the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil, Cato R. R. 91; 101; 103; Varr. R. R. 1, 64; Col. 12, 50, 5; Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33; Verg. G. 3, 448.

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