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an altar built of turf

  • 1 glaeba

    glaeba (less correctly glēba), ae, f. [cf. globus].
    I.
    Prop., a small piece or lump of earth, a clod (cf. gramen, herba, faenum, caespes):

    ingens,

    Lucr. 6, 553:

    glaebis terrarum saepe friatis,

    id. 1, 887:

    fecundae,

    id. 1, 212; so Verg. G. 1, 94; Hor. C. 3, 6, 39:

    si glaebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris... non esse arma cespites neque glaebas, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

    omnes, qui ullam agri glaebam possiderent,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28; so,

    nec ulli glaeba ulla agri assignaretur,

    Liv. 4, 11; cf.

    also: non adimi cuiquam glaebam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

    nam priusquam in os injecta glaeba est, locus ille, ubi crematum est corpus, nihil habet religionis,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 57; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 9, § 23;

    and Fest. s. v. praecidanea, p. 223: ex fundo glaeba sumebatur,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 17:

    ornare glaebam virentem,

    i. e. an altar built of turf, Juv. 12, 85; v. also glaebula.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Land, soil:

    terra antiqua potens armis atque ubere glaebae,

    Verg. A. 1, 531:

    glebae felices,

    App. M. p. 102, 7.—
    B.
    Of other things, a piece, lump, mass:

    sevi ac picis glaebae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 25; so,

    turis,

    Lucr. 3, 328; Stat. Th. 6, 60:

    marmoris,

    Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50:

    salis,

    id. 31, 7, 39, z 73:

    sulphuris,

    id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

    lactis,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3 fin.
    C.
    (Late Lat.), = pensio or canon praedio incumbens, a tax imposed upon the land of senators, Cod. Th. 6, 2, 10; ib. 12, 1, 138; Symm. Ep. 4, 61.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > glaeba

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