frutico

frŭtĭco (ū long in frūtĭcăt arbor, Tert. Judic. Dom. 135), āvi, ātum, v. n., and frŭtĭcor, āri, v. dep. n. [frutex], to put forth shoots, to sprout out, to become bushy.

• I Lit.: excisa est arbor, non evulsa: itaque, quam fruticetur, vides, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: ubi ex uno semine pluribus culmis fruticavit (triticum), Col. 2, 9, 6; Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140; 19, 5, 29, § 92; 17, 10, 14, § 70; Sil. 9, 205.—
• II Poet. transf., of the hair: fruticante pilo, Juv. 9, 15; of a stag's antlers: aspicis, ut fruticat late caput, Calp. Ecl. 6, 37.

frutico, āvī, ātum, āre, u. fruticor, ārī (frutex), Zweige hervortreiben, staudig-, buschig werden, sich bestauden, ausschlagen, α) Form -ico: seges fruticat, Col.: salix fruticat e trunco, Col.: fruticat brassica, Plin. – β) Form -icor: quam fruticetur (arbor), vides, Cic. ad Att. 15, 4, 2.

See: fruticare

frŭtĭcō, āvī, ātum, āre, Col. Rust. 2, 9, 6 ; Plin. 19, 140, et frŭtĭcor, ārī, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2 (frutex), intr., pousser des rejetons || [poét.] fruticante pilo Juv. 9, 15, avec une végétation de poils.

frutico , as, are. n. et, v. fruticor
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