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  • 1 spīna

        spīna ae, f    [SPI-], a thorn: spinae acutae, V.: spinis conserto tegmine nullis, O.— A prickle, spine: animantium aliae spinis hirsutae: spinā nocuus, O.— The backbone, spine: duplex, V.: a spinae crate teneri, O.: Spina viret, the back, O.: spinae curvamen, O.—Fig., plur, thorns, difficulties, subtleties, perplexities: disserendi spinae: partiendi et definiendi, intricacies: spinas animo evellere, cares, H.: Quid te exempta levat spinis de pluribus una, errors, H.
    * * *
    thorn/spine/prickle (plant/animal); spike (asparagus); thorn-bush; blackthorn; spine/backbone/back; Circus center wall; fish-bone; difficulties (pl.); cares

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  • 2 aculeus

        aculeus ī, m    [acus], a sting: apis.—Meton., a point, L.—Fig., a sting, spur, goad: severitatis vestrae: orationis meae: ad animos stimulandos, L.
    * * *
    sting, spine, thorn, prickle, point, spike; barb; pang, prick; sarcasm

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  • 3 aculeus

    ăcūlĕus, i, m. [acc. to Prisc. 618 P. dim. from 1. acus, with the gender changed, like diecula fr. dies, cf. Val. Prob. 1463 P.], a sting.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of animals:

    apis aculeum sine clamore ferre non possumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22; so Plin. 11, 17, 17:

    neparum,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 15 al. —Also, the spur of fowls, Col. 8, 2, 8:

    locustarum,

    Vulg. Apoc. 9, 10.—
    B.
    Of plants, a spine or prickle:

    spinarum,

    Plin. 13, 9, 19:

    carduorum,

    id. 20, 23, 99.—
    C.
    Of an arrow or dart, the point, Liv. 38, 21, 11.—
    II.
    Fig., a sting.
    A.
    Of a sharp, cutting remark:

    pungunt quasi aculeis interrogatiunculis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3; so id. Ac. 2, 31; id. Planc. 24 al.; Liv. 23, 42, 5.—
    B.
    Of harsh treatment:

    aculeos severitatis judicum evellere,

    Cic. Clu. 55 fin.; so id. Cael. 12, 29.—
    C.
    Of painful thought or care:

    meum ille pectus pungit aculeus, quid illi negoti fuerit ante aedīs meas, Plant. Trin. 4, 2, 158: domesticarum sollicitudinum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aculeus

  • 4 centrum

    centrum, i, n., = kentron (a prickle, sharp point).
    I. II.
    Meton.
    A.
    The middle point of a circle, the centre, Vitr. 3, 1; 9, 1; Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 19, 17, § 81 et saep.—In plur.:

    solis terraeque centra,

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281 (in Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40, used as a Greek word).—
    B.
    A kernel, a hard knot in the interior of wood, precious stones, etc., Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198; 37, 2, 10, § 28; 37, 9, 39, § 120 al.

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  • 5 spina

    spīna, ae, f. [root spī, whence also spicna, spīca, spinus], a thorn.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum lubrica serpens Exuit in spinis vestem,

    Lucr. 4, 61; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 5, 1; Verg. E. 5, 39; Col. 3, 11, 5; Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91 al.:

    consertum tegumen spinis,

    Verg. A. 3, 594; cf. Ov. M. 14, 166; id. P. 2, 2, 36; Tac. G. 17. —Of particular kinds of thorny plants or shrubs:

    solstitialis,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    alba,

    whitethorn, hawthorn, id. 7, 7, 2; 7, 9, 6; 3, 11, 5; Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68; 24, 12, 66, § 108: Aegyptia, the Egyptian blackthorn or sloe, id. 13, 11, 20, § 66; 24, 12, 65, § 107:

    Arabica,

    Arabian acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107.—
    B.
    Transf., of things of a like shape.
    1.
    A prickle or spine of certain animals (as the hedgehog, sea-urchin, etc.): animantium aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae, aliae spinis hirsutae, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

    hystrices spinā contectae (with aculei),

    Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125; 9, 59, 85, § 182:

    spinā nocuus,

    Ov. Hal. 130.—
    2.
    A fish-bone:

    humus spinis cooperta piscium,

    Quint. 8, 3, 66; Ov. M. 8, 244.—
    3.
    The backbone, spine:

    caput spina excipit: ea constat ex vertebris quattuor et viginti, etc.,

    Cels. 8, 1; 8, 9, 2; 8, 14; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Col. 6, 29, 2; Verg. G. 3, 87; Ov. M. 8, 806:

    dorsi spina, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 4, n. 2: spina quae est in dorso,

    Gell. 3, 10, 7.— Hence, poet., the back, Ov. M. 6, 380; 3, 66; 3, 672.—
    4.
    Spina, a low wall dividing the circus lengthwise, around which was the race-course; the barrier, Cassiod. Var. 3, 51; Schol. Juv. 6, 588.—
    5.
    A toothpick:

    argentea,

    Petr. 32 fin. —
    II.
    Trop., in plur.
    1.
    Thorns, i. e. difficulties, subtleties, perplexities in speaking and debating (class.):

    disserendi spinae,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 79; cf.:

    partiendi et definiendi,

    subtleties, intricacies, id. Tusc. 4, 5, 9; cf.:

    hominum more non spinas vellentium, ut Stoici,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 6.—
    2.
    Cares:

    certemus, spinas animone ego fortius an tu Evellas agro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4.—
    3.
    Errors:

    quid te exemta juvat spinis de pluribus una,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > spina

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