rāmenta

I. Lit., what is grated, shaved, or rubbed off; scrapings, shavings, chips, etc. (larger than scobes), Col. 4, 29, 16; id. Arb. 8, 4: uvas scobe ramentisve abietis, populi, fraxini servare, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 67: ferri, Lucr. 6, 1044: auri, Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62: ligni, id. 24, 2, 2, § 6; 24, 5, 10, § 16: lapidis specularis, id. 36, 22, 45, § 162: ramento e cornibus, id. 21, 2, 3, § 5: ramenta fluminum, id. 33, 4, 21, § 66: sulphuratum, Mart. 10, 3.— *

II. Transf., bits, morsels, small pieces, in gen.: patri omne (aurum) cum ramento reddidi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 29.