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1 arista
ărista, ae, f. [perh. for acrista and akin to ācer, q. v., or perh. to aro, q. v.; cf. Germ. Aehre; Engl. ear (of corn); Germ. Ernte, harvest; Engl. earnest, fruit, pledge].I.The awn or beard of grain: arista, quae ut acus tenuis longa eminete glumā;II.proinde ut granitheca sit gluma, et apex arista,
Varr. R. R. 1, 48; * Cic. Sen. 15, 51; Ov. H. 5, 111; id. Tr. 4, 1, 57.—Meton. (pars pro toto).A.The ear itself:2.maturae aristae,
Ov. F. 5, 357:pinguis arista,
Verg. G. 1, 8; 1, 111; id. A. 7, 720.—Also, an ear of spikenard, Ov. M. 15, 398.—Hence,Poet., summer:B.Post aliquot, mea regna videns, mirabor aristas,
after some harvests, Verg. E. 1, 70:necdum decimas emensus aristas Aggrederis metuenda viris,
having measured ten summers, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 371 (cf. at the next grass, for next summer, an expression still common in the north of England; so, seven years old at the next grass, Sylvester's Dubartas; just fifteen, coming summer's grass, Swift).—Poet. transf.,1.Of the hair of men, Pers. 3, 115. —2.Of the bones of fishes, Aus. Mos. 85; 119.—3.Of plants in gen., Val. Fl. 6, 365. -
2 farreum
farrĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], made of spelt, or in gen. of corn or grain:II.far. vel triticeus panis,
Col. 7, 12, 10: spicum, an ear of corn, Paul. ex Fest. p. 280, 9 Müll.— -
3 farreus
farrĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], made of spelt, or in gen. of corn or grain:II.far. vel triticeus panis,
Col. 7, 12, 10: spicum, an ear of corn, Paul. ex Fest. p. 280, 9 Müll.— -
4 speca
spīca, ae (vulg. spēca:I.rustici, ut acceperunt antiquitus, vocant specam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.— Neutr. collat. form spī-cum, Varr. ap. Non. 225, 30; Cic. Sen. 15, 51, acc. to Non. 225, 29; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110.— Masc. collat. form spīcus, Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. spicum, p. 333 Müll.), f. [root spi-, to be sharp; Gr. spilos, rock; spinos, lean].Prop., a point; hence, in partic., of grain, an ear, spike (syn. arista), Varr. R. R. 1, 48; 1, 63, 2; Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; 4, 14, 37; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56; Cat. 19, 11:II.Cererem in spicis intercipit,
Ov. M. 8, 292; 9, 689:distendet spicis horrea plena Ceres,
Tib. 2, 5, 84:spicas hordaceas gerenti,
App. M. 7, p. 191.—Prov.:his qui contentus non est, in litus harenas, In segetem spicas, in mare fundat aquas,
Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—Transf., of things of a similar shape.A.A top, tuft, head of other plants, Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Col. 8, 5, 21; Plin. 21, 8, 23, § 47; 22, 25, 79, § 161; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—B.The brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110; German. Arat. 97; Col. 11, 2, 65; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311; Manil. 5, 269.—C.Spica testacea, a kind of brick for pavements, laid so as to imitate the setting of the grains in an ear of corn, Vitr. 7, 1 fin.; cf. spicatus, under spico.—D.Spicus crinalis, a hair-pin, Mart. Cap. 9, § 903 (al. spicum crinale, al. crinale spiclum; but in Lucr. 3, 198, the better reading is spiritus acer, v. Lachm. ad h. l.). [p. 1742] -
5 spica
spīca, ae (vulg. spēca:I.rustici, ut acceperunt antiquitus, vocant specam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.— Neutr. collat. form spī-cum, Varr. ap. Non. 225, 30; Cic. Sen. 15, 51, acc. to Non. 225, 29; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110.— Masc. collat. form spīcus, Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. spicum, p. 333 Müll.), f. [root spi-, to be sharp; Gr. spilos, rock; spinos, lean].Prop., a point; hence, in partic., of grain, an ear, spike (syn. arista), Varr. R. R. 1, 48; 1, 63, 2; Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; 4, 14, 37; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56; Cat. 19, 11:II.Cererem in spicis intercipit,
Ov. M. 8, 292; 9, 689:distendet spicis horrea plena Ceres,
Tib. 2, 5, 84:spicas hordaceas gerenti,
App. M. 7, p. 191.—Prov.:his qui contentus non est, in litus harenas, In segetem spicas, in mare fundat aquas,
Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—Transf., of things of a similar shape.A.A top, tuft, head of other plants, Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Col. 8, 5, 21; Plin. 21, 8, 23, § 47; 22, 25, 79, § 161; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—B.The brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110; German. Arat. 97; Col. 11, 2, 65; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311; Manil. 5, 269.—C.Spica testacea, a kind of brick for pavements, laid so as to imitate the setting of the grains in an ear of corn, Vitr. 7, 1 fin.; cf. spicatus, under spico.—D.Spicus crinalis, a hair-pin, Mart. Cap. 9, § 903 (al. spicum crinale, al. crinale spiclum; but in Lucr. 3, 198, the better reading is spiritus acer, v. Lachm. ad h. l.). [p. 1742] -
6 spicus
spīca, ae (vulg. spēca:I.rustici, ut acceperunt antiquitus, vocant specam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.— Neutr. collat. form spī-cum, Varr. ap. Non. 225, 30; Cic. Sen. 15, 51, acc. to Non. 225, 29; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110.— Masc. collat. form spīcus, Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. spicum, p. 333 Müll.), f. [root spi-, to be sharp; Gr. spilos, rock; spinos, lean].Prop., a point; hence, in partic., of grain, an ear, spike (syn. arista), Varr. R. R. 1, 48; 1, 63, 2; Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; 4, 14, 37; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56; Cat. 19, 11:II.Cererem in spicis intercipit,
Ov. M. 8, 292; 9, 689:distendet spicis horrea plena Ceres,
Tib. 2, 5, 84:spicas hordaceas gerenti,
App. M. 7, p. 191.—Prov.:his qui contentus non est, in litus harenas, In segetem spicas, in mare fundat aquas,
Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—Transf., of things of a similar shape.A.A top, tuft, head of other plants, Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Col. 8, 5, 21; Plin. 21, 8, 23, § 47; 22, 25, 79, § 161; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—B.The brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110; German. Arat. 97; Col. 11, 2, 65; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311; Manil. 5, 269.—C.Spica testacea, a kind of brick for pavements, laid so as to imitate the setting of the grains in an ear of corn, Vitr. 7, 1 fin.; cf. spicatus, under spico.—D.Spicus crinalis, a hair-pin, Mart. Cap. 9, § 903 (al. spicum crinale, al. crinale spiclum; but in Lucr. 3, 198, the better reading is spiritus acer, v. Lachm. ad h. l.). [p. 1742] -
7 īnspīcō
īnspīcō —, —, ere [spica], to cut in the form of an ear of corn, sharpen: ferro faces, V.* * *inspicare, inspicavi, inspicatus V TRANS -
8 urruncum
urruncum, i, n. [cf. Gr. oura, tail], the lowest part of an ear of corn, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 3. -
9 arista
arista ae, f [2 AC-], the top of an ear, beard of corn: munitur vallo aristarum: tenerae, V.— An ear of grain: pinguis, V. — Of spikenard, O.: solae aristae, i. e. only crops of grain, V.* * *awn, beard of an ear of grain; ear of grain; grain crop; harvest -
10 aristiger
ăristĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [aristagero], ear-bearing, an epithet of Ceres, as goddess of corn, Inscr. Orell. 1493.
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