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grōma or grūma, ae, f.

  1. I. A surveyor’s pole or measuring-rod, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. s. v. p. 72 Müll. and Non. 63, 6.
    Hence,
  2. II. Transf., the centre of a camp, where the measuring-rod was planted, so as to divide the camp into four quarters by streets meeting at that point, Hyg. de Limit. p. 164 Goes.

grōmātĭcus (grūm-), a, um, adj. [groma], of or belonging to field-surveying or castrametation.

  1. I. Adj.: disciplina, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.
  2. II. Subst.: grōmā-tĭca (grūm-), ae, f., the art of field-surveying or castrametation, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.
          1. (β) grōmātĭci, ōrum, m., writers on field-surveying, Hyg. de Mun. Castr. § 12.

Grudĭi, ōrum, m., a people of Gallia Belgica, now Groede or Gronde, Caes. B. G. 5, 39.

gruis, is, v. grus.

‡ grullus εἶδος πλοίου, Gloss. Philox.

grūma and grūmātĭcus, v. grom-.

Grumentum, i, n.,

  1. I. a town of Lucania, near the modern Saponara, Liv. 23, 37, 10; 27, 41, 1 sq.; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69.
  2. II. Hence, Grumentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Grumentum, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98.

grūmŭlus, i, m. dim. [grumus], a little hill, hillock (post-Aug.), Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 112; App. M. 6; Ambros. de Elia, 6, 18.

grūmus, i, m., a little heap, hillock of earth: grumus terrae collectio minor tumulo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 15, 24; Col. 2, 17, 4; Vitr. 2, 1; 8, 3; Auct. B. Hisp. 24.

‡ grunda στέγη καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ τὸν πυλεῶνα ἐξέχον, ὑπόστεγον, Gloss. Philox.

Grundīles or Grundūles, ium, m., an appellation of the Lares, Cass. Hem. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; Non. 114, 31; Arn. 1, 15.

Grūnĭum, v. Grynium.

grunnĭo (also ante-class. grundio), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n., to grunt.

  1. I. Lit., said of swine: grunnit tepido lacte satur, Varr. ap. Non. 114, 27: grunnientem aspexi scrofam, Laber. ib. 30: Apion maximum piscium esse tradit porcum: grunnire eum, cum capiatur, Plin. 32, 2, 9, § 19; Juv. 15, 22: grundibat graviter pecus suillum, Quadrig. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.
  2. II. Transf., of other creatures: agni grundibant, Quadrig. ap. Non. 465, 1: cruento ita ore grundibat miser, Caecil. ib. (Com. Fragm. v. 103 Rib.).

grunnītus, ūs, m. [grunnio], a grunting of swine: aut grunnitum (audiunt), cum jugulatur, suis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.

grŭo, ĕre, v. n. [grus], the note of the crane, to crunk, crunkle: gruere dicuntur grues, ut sues grunnire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97: grus gruit, Auct. Carm. de Philom. 23.

grus, grŭis (also in the

  1. I. nom. sing. gruis, Phaedr. 1, 8, 7), f. (m., Hor. S. 2, 8, 87) [Gr. γέρανος, akin to γέρων], a crane, Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 60; Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125; Mart. 13, 75; Cels. 2, 18; Lucr. 4, 181; regarded by the Romans as a delicacy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 87; Gell. 7, 16, 5; Stat. S. 4, 6, 8.
  2. II. Transf. (with reference to the form of a crane’s bill), a besieging machine, battering-ram, called also corvus, Vitr. 10, 19.

Grȳnīa, ae, f., and Grȳnĭum (also Grūnium in some editt. of Nep.), ii, n., = Γρύνεια and Γρύνιον,

  1. I. a small town in Æolis, with a temple of Apollo, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; 32, 6, 21, § 59; Nep. Alc. 9, 3.
  2. II. Deriv. Grȳnēus, a, um, adj., = Γρύνειος, of or belonging to Grynia, Grynian: Apollo, Verg. A. 4, 345: nemus, id. E. 6, 72.