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  • 1 hastīle

        hastīle is, n    [hasta], a spear-shaft, javelin-shaft: ferrum ex hastili, N.: hastili nixus: telum hastili abiegno, L.— A spear, javelin: Bina manu crispans hastilia, V.: Torquere hastilia lenta, O.: curvatum, Iu.— A piece of wood like a shaft, branch, pole, prop: densa, V.: rasae hastilia virgae, V.
    * * *
    spear shaft; spear; cane

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  • 2 scapus

    scapus, i, m. [root skap-; Gr. skêptô, to prop, skêptron; Doric, skapos; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft], a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc.
    I.
    In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A. B.
    A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.—
    C.
    A weaver's yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.—
    D.
    The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.—
    E.
    The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.—
    F.
    The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin. —
    G.
    The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.—
    H.
    The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.—
    K.
    = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.

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  • 3 tēlum

        tēlum ī, n    [TEC-], a missile weapon, missile, dart, spear, shaft, javelin: arma atque tela, S.: coniectio telorum: si telum manu fugit, magis quam iecit: nubes levium telorum, L.: turbida Tempestas telorum, V.: telum ex loco superiore mittere, Cs.: omni genere missilium telorum volnerari, L.: tela Direxit arcu, H.: In medios telum torsisti Achivos, V.: volatile, O.— An offensive weapon, sword, dagger, poniard, axe: ex quibus (telis) ille maximum sicarum numerum et gladiorum extulit: securim in caput deiecit; relictoque in volnere telo, etc., L.: strictis telis, O.: clavae tela erant, Cu.: cum telo esse, i. e. to be armed: positum rubigine telum, my sheathed sword, H.: Frontis, i. e. a horn, O.: corpore tela exit, i. e. avoids the blows of the caestus, V.: arbitrium est in sua tela Iovi, i. e. the thunderbolts, O.—Fig., a weapon, shaft, dart: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare benevolentiam civium: necessitas, quae maximum telum est, L.: tela fortunae: linguae tela subire tuae, O.
    * * *
    I II
    dart, spear; weapon, javelin

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  • 4 hastilis

    hastilis, hastile ADJ
    on a (spear) shaft; supported by a shaft/staff

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  • 5 astile

    hastīle (also astīle), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,

    Nep. Epam. 9:

    hastili nixus,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    missile telum hastili abiegno,

    Liv. 21, 8, 10.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. ( poet.):

    torquere hastilia lenta,

    Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397:

    curvatum,

    Juv. 7, 127.—
    B.
    In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard:

    candelabri,

    Vulg. Exod. 25, 31:

    arcus,

    Amm. 22, 8, 37.

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  • 6 hastile

    hastīle (also astīle), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,

    Nep. Epam. 9:

    hastili nixus,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    missile telum hastili abiegno,

    Liv. 21, 8, 10.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. ( poet.):

    torquere hastilia lenta,

    Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397:

    curvatum,

    Juv. 7, 127.—
    B.
    In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard:

    candelabri,

    Vulg. Exod. 25, 31:

    arcus,

    Amm. 22, 8, 37.

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  • 7 putea

    pŭtĕus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well:

    puteum fodere,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32:

    ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112:

    virgines se in puteos abjecisse,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25:

    putei perennes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15:

    puteum vitare patentem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep. —Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin. —Prov.:

    in puteum conicere,

    to throw away, Petr. 42.—
    II.
    Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231;

    for storing grain in,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2;

    in mines,

    a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.

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  • 8 puteus

    pŭtĕus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well:

    puteum fodere,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32:

    ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112:

    virgines se in puteos abjecisse,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25:

    putei perennes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15:

    puteum vitare patentem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep. —Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin. —Prov.:

    in puteum conicere,

    to throw away, Petr. 42.—
    II.
    Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231;

    for storing grain in,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2;

    in mines,

    a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.

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  • 9 aestuārium

        aestuārium ī, n    [aestus], a tract overflowed at high tide, salt marsh: itinera concisa aestuariis, Cs.— An inlet of the sea, Cs.—A bay, firth, Ta.
    * * *
    tidal marsh/inlet/opening, marsh; (river) estuary; air shaft, vent

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  • 10 bacillum

        bacillum ī, n dim.    [baculus], a wand, C.: dextram subiens, Iu.—Esp., a lictor's rod, C.
    * * *
    I II
    stick (small), walking stick, staff; shaft/handle (weapon/tool); lictor's staff

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  • 11 collȳrium

        collȳrium ī, n, κολλύριον, a liquid eye-salve. —Plur., H., Iu.
    * * *
    eye-salve; suppository; packing; pessary/tent (contraceptive); shaft/pillar

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  • 12 sagitta

        sagitta ae, f    [1 SAC-], an arrow, shaft, bolt: suos configebat sagittis: confixae venenatis sagittis: sagittam iacere, Tb.: nervo aptare sagittas, V.— A constellation, the Arrow.
    * * *

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  • 13 baccillum

    stick (small), walking stick, staff; shaft/handle (weapon/tool); lictor's staff

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  • 14 bacillus

    I
    stick (small), walking stick, staff; shaft/handle (weapon/tool); lictor's staff
    II

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  • 15 faux

    pharynx (usu pl.), gullet/throat/neck/jaws/maw; narrow pass/shaft/strait; chasm

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  • 16 harundo

    reed, cane, fishing rod, limed twigs for catching birds; arrow shaft; pipe

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  • 17 scapus

    stem/stalk of a plant; shaft/upright of column/post/door frame/scroll

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  • 18 aestuarium

    aestŭārĭum, i, n. [aestus].
    I.
    A part of the sea-coast which, during the flood-tide, is overflowed, but at the ebb-tide is left covered with mud or slime, a marsh, anachusis: aestuaria sunt omnia, quā mare vicissim tum accedit, tum recedit, Gloss. ap. Fest. p. 380 Müll.:

    pedestria esse itinera concisa aestuariis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

    adfunditur autem aestuarium e mari flexuoso meatu,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3; Plin. Ep. 9, 23.— Also,
    II.
    A channel extending inland from the sea, and only filled with water at floodtide, a creek, inlet, Varr. R. R. 3, 17:

    in aestuaria ac paludes,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28 Herz.; Tac. A. 2, 8; cf. id. Agr. 22.—
    III.
    In mining t. t., an air-hole, air-shaft: secundum puteum dextra ac sinistra fodiunt aestuaria, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf. Vitr. 8, 7; Pall. 9, 9.

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  • 19 Arbor

    1.
    arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].
    I.
    A tree.
    A.
    In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

    poni,

    Verg. G. 2, 278:

    arbos se sustulit,

    id. ib. 2, 57:

    arbores putare,

    Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

    arboribus frondes redeunt,

    Ov. F. 3, 237:

    arbos silvestris,

    Verg. E. 3, 70:

    ramosa,

    Lucr. 5 [1096]:

    umbrosa,

    Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

    ingens,

    Verg. G. 2, 81:

    alta,

    Ov. M. 15, 404:

    summa,

    Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

    patula,

    id. ib. 1, 106:

    fertilis,

    Verg. G. 4, 142:

    in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

    sub ramis arboris altae,

    Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

    arborum rami,

    Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

    arbor nuda sine frondibus,

    Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

    arborum cortices,

    Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

    arbores ab radicibus subruere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

    quarum (arborum) baca,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

    jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

    Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

    fructus arborum,

    Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—
    B.
    Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

    fici,

    the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

    arbores ficorum,

    Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

    abietis arbores,

    fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

    arbor palmae,

    the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

    cupressūs,

    the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

    arbor sycomorus,

    a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

    arbor morus,

    ib. ib. 17, 6:

    arbores olivarum,

    olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

    Jovis,

    the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

    Phoebi,

    the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

    Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

    the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

    arbor Herculea,

    the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

    Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

    arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).
    1.
    A mast.
    (α).
    With mali:

    adversique infigitur arbore mali,

    Verg. A. 5, 504.—
    (β).
    Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—
    2.
    The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—
    3.
    An oar:

    centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

    Verg. A. 10, 207.—
    4.
    A ship:

    Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

    the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—
    5.
    The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—
    6.
    Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

    caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

    Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—
    B.
    The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

    In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

    Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.
    2.
    Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

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  • 20 arbor

    1.
    arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].
    I.
    A tree.
    A.
    In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

    poni,

    Verg. G. 2, 278:

    arbos se sustulit,

    id. ib. 2, 57:

    arbores putare,

    Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

    arboribus frondes redeunt,

    Ov. F. 3, 237:

    arbos silvestris,

    Verg. E. 3, 70:

    ramosa,

    Lucr. 5 [1096]:

    umbrosa,

    Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

    ingens,

    Verg. G. 2, 81:

    alta,

    Ov. M. 15, 404:

    summa,

    Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

    patula,

    id. ib. 1, 106:

    fertilis,

    Verg. G. 4, 142:

    in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

    sub ramis arboris altae,

    Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

    arborum rami,

    Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

    arbor nuda sine frondibus,

    Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

    arborum cortices,

    Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

    arbores ab radicibus subruere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

    quarum (arborum) baca,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

    jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

    Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

    fructus arborum,

    Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—
    B.
    Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

    fici,

    the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

    arbores ficorum,

    Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

    abietis arbores,

    fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

    arbor palmae,

    the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

    cupressūs,

    the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

    arbor sycomorus,

    a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

    arbor morus,

    ib. ib. 17, 6:

    arbores olivarum,

    olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

    Jovis,

    the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

    Phoebi,

    the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

    Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

    the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

    arbor Herculea,

    the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

    Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

    arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).
    1.
    A mast.
    (α).
    With mali:

    adversique infigitur arbore mali,

    Verg. A. 5, 504.—
    (β).
    Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—
    2.
    The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—
    3.
    An oar:

    centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

    Verg. A. 10, 207.—
    4.
    A ship:

    Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

    the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—
    5.
    The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—
    6.
    Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

    caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

    Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—
    B.
    The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

    In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

    Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.
    2.
    Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

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  • shaft — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ vertical ▪ narrow ▪ elevator (AmE), lift (BrE) ▪ She almost fell down an elevator shaft …   Collocations dictionary

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