spīcŭlum

spīcŭlum (contr. spīclum, perh. Mart. Cap. 9, § 903, or p. 306 Grot., where, however, Kopp and others read spicum; v. spica, II. D.), i, n. dim. [spicum], a little sharp point or sting (syn.: mucro, acus, aculeus).

Lit.

In gen., of bees, Verg. G. 4, 237; 4, 74.—Of a scorpion, Ov. F. 5, 542:

(scorpio) solus (insectorum) habet in caudā spiculum,

Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100. —Of hornets, Ov. M. 11, 335:

rosarum spicula,

thorns, Mart. Cap. 2, § 132.—

In partic., the point of a missile weapon (as a dart, arrow, etc.):

Epaminondas tum denique sibi avelli jubet spiculum, posteaquam, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 51; 5, 12, 2:

hastarum spicula,

Ov. M. 8, 375:

bipalme spiculum,

Liv. 42, 65, 9:

calami spicula Gnosii Vitabis,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 17:

L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,

Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

spicula sagittae,

barbs, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Meton. (pars pro toto), a dart, arrow (syn. jaculum):

Laoedaemonii suos omnes agros esse dictitarunt, quos spiculo possent attingere,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; so of a javelin, Verg. A. 7, 165; 7, 687; of an arrow, id. E. 10, 60; id. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 601; 12, 606; 13, 54; Sil. 17, 133; 3, 273; cf. Plin. 27, 13, 115, § 141; of Cupid's arrow, Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 2; Ov. Am. 1, 1, 22; id. A. A. 2, 708 al.—Also a later name for the pilum:

quod pilum vocabant, nunc spiculum dicitur,

Veg. Mil. 2, 15.— Poet.: solis, a ray or beam of the sun, Prud. Cath. 2, 6.

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sharp point, sting, spear, dart.

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dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

hasta ( asta), ae, f. [Sanscr. hastas, hand; cf. Gr. root chad- in chandanô, pre-hendo], a spear (syn.: hastile, dolo, gaesum, sarisa, sparus, lancea, pilum, spiculum, telum, etc.).

Lit.

Most freq. as a military weapon, a lance, pike, javelin (cf. Becker's Antiq. III. 2, p. 242 sq.):

nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum transit, striderat hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P. (Ann. v. 365 Vahl.): Hastati spargunt hastas, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ib.):

evelli jussit eam, qua erat transfixus, hastam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

amentatus hastas torquebit,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 242; cf. id. Brut. 78, 271; id. Top. 17, 65:

hastas vibrare,

id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

jactare,

id. ib. 2, 78, 316:

dirigere in aliquem,

Ov. M. 8, 66:

contendere,

to hurl, Verg. A. 10, 521:

protendere aut colligere,

Tac. A. 2, 21 al. —As a symbol of war, sent in making a declaration of the same, Gell. 10, 27, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll., and thrown into the enemy's territory, Liv 1, 32 fin.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 53: pura, i. e. without iron, given to brave soldiers as a mark of distinction, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 102; Suet. Claud. 28; Inscr. Orell. 3457; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 760, and Fest. l. l.— As the symbol of legal ownership: festuca uti quasi hastae loco, signo quodam justi dominii, Gai Inst. 4, 16.—

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,

i. e. has lost his courage, Cic. Mur. 21, 45.—

A spear stuck in the ground at public auctions or where the tribunals of the cenlumviri were held (orig. as a sign of booty gained in battle or of magisterial authority):

est enim ausus (Sulla) dicere, hasta posita, cum bona in foro venderet et bonorum virorum et locupletium et certe civium praedam se suam vendere,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; cf.:

hastam in foro ponere et bona civium voci subicere praeconis,

id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

hasta posita pro aede Jovis Statoris, bona voci acerbissimae subjecta praeconis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

quos non illa inflnita hasta satiavit,

id. ib. 4, 4, 9:

emptio ab hasta,

id. Att. 12, 3, 2:

comitibus eorum sub hasta venditis,

Liv. 23, 38, 7: municipia Italiae splendidissima sub hasta venierunt, [p. 842] Flor. 3, 21, 27:

just hastae,

Tac. A. 13, 28:

cum censores se jam locationibus abstinerent, convenere ad eos, qui hastae hujus generis assueverant,

Liv. 24, 18, 10; as a badge of dignity:

hunc miratur adhuc centum gravis hasta virorum,

Mart. 7, 63, 7.—Hence, transf., the centumviral court:

ut centumviralem hastam, quam quaestura functi consuerant cogere, decemviri cogerent,

Suet. Aug. 36 fin. —

A little spear with which a bride's hair was parted into locks, Ov. F. 2, 560.—

A spear, as a gymnastic weapon, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 38; 3, 3, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of the form of a comet: jubae effigies mutata in hasta est. Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.—

I. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 45, 1.

penna or pinna (old forms, pesna, petna, Fest. p. 205, 209 Müll.), f. [orig. different words, penna for petna; root petor pat-; Sanscr. patāmi, to fly; Gr. petomai, prop. a wing: pinna for pitna; cf. Sanscr. pitu; Gr. pitus, the pine-tree; Lat. pinus; cf.: spiculum, spina;

prop. a sharp point or end. To a late period an effort was made to distinguish them: nec miretur (puer), cur... fiat a pinno quod est acutum, securis utrimque habens aciem bipennis, ne illorum sequatur errorem, qui, quia a pennis duabus hoc esse nomen existimant, pennas avium dici volunt,

Quint. 1, 4, 12 Halm:

pinnum enim antiqui acutum dicebant,

Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11 dub. (v. 1. pennus): pinnas murorum, pennas avium dicimus, Flav. Cap. p. 2243 P. This dictum of the old grammar we have to retain, although the distinction is neither etymologically sound nor is it always practically true; cf. bipennis, Bramb. Lat. Orthog. p. 118. In MSS. and edd. the two forms have mostly been used indiscriminately in all meanings except II. D. E. F. infra, in which pinna only is found; cf. esp. Wagn. Orth. Verg. p. 465; Rib. prol. Verg. p. 441 sq.; Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 270 sq.], a feather on the body of a winged creature (syn. pluma).

Lit.

Form penna:

sine pennis volare haud facile est: meae alae pennas non habent,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 48:

pennarum tuarum nitor,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 6:

maduere graves aspergine pennae,

Ov. M. 4, 728.—

Form pinna:

(aves) pullos pinnis fovent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

pinnarum caules omnium cavi,

Plin. 11, 39, 34, § 97; Sen. Ep. 42, 4: ova parire solet genus pinnis condecoratum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 10 Vahl.):

conveniebat corvos ex albis album pinnis jactare colorem,

Lucr. 2, 823 Munro:

galli salaces, frequentibus pinnis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5; Col. 8, 2, 10:

nam his rebus plumam pinnasque emundant,

id. ib. 9, 14, 7:

ut statim per somnum hianti pinna in os inderetur,

Suet. Claud. 33.—

Transf.

In plur.: pennae (pinnae), a wing (syn. ala).

Form pennae:

age tu, sis, sine pennis vola,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 80:

quatere in aëre,

Ov. M. 4, 676:

pennis resumptis,

id. ib. 4, 664:

vertere,

to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6): penna, collect. for the wings, Ov. M. 2, 376.—

Form pinnae:

geminis secat aëra pinnis,

Cic. Arat. 48 (282):

pinnas explicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55: o Fides alma, apta pinnis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Trag. v. 410 Vahl.): densis ales pinnis obnixa, id. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 148 ib.): (aquila) praepetibus pinnis (B. and K.;

al. pennis), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106. —Of bees: pinnis coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 73. —Of locusts:

pinnarum stridor,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.—Of gnats:

pinnae culicis,

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 3.—Prov.: pinnas incidere alicui, to clip one's wings, i. e. to deprive one of power or rank, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; so, decisis humilis pinnis, with clipped wings, i. e. with disappointed hopes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50; cf. the opp.: extendere pinnas, to spread out one's wings, i. e. to attempt great things, id. ib. 1, 20, 21.—

Poet., a flying, flight.

Form penna: felicibus edita pennis, i. e. with a happy omen from the flight of birds, Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 11; Sil. 3, 344; Val. Fl. 1, 231.—

Form pinna:

pinnā veras dare notas,

Ov. F. 1, 448.—

A feather on an arrow ( poet.).

Form penna:

per jugulum pennis tenus acta sagitta est,

Ov. M. 6, 258.—Hence,

Meton., an arrow ( poet.).

Form penna:

cervos pennā petere,

Val. Fl. 6, 421.—

Form pinna:

olor trajectus pinnā,

Ov. F. 2, 110.—

In late Lat., a pen. —Form penna:

instrumenta scribae, calamus et penna: sed calamus arboris est, penna avis,

Isid. Orig. 6, 14.—

A fin. —Form pinna, Plin. 9, 13, 15, § 42.—

A pinnacle. —Form pinna:

turres contabulantur, pinnae loricaeque ex cratibus attexuntur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39; 7, 72: milites Metelli... a pinnis hostis defendebant facillime funditore, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; Verg. A. 7, 159:

templi,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 9.—

In mechanics.

A float or bucket of a water-wheel.—Form pinna, Vitr. 10, 10. —

A stop or key of a water-organ.—

Form pinna,

Vitr. 10, 13.

pĕremptōrĭus ( pĕremtōr-), a, um, adj. [id.].

Lit., destructive, deadly, mortal (post-class.):

venenum,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 30:

spiculum,

Tert. Anim. 25; Sid. Ep. 8, 11.—

Trop., qs. that destroys or precludes all debate, i. e. decisive, final, peremptory (jurid. Lat.):

peremptorium edictum inde hoc nomen sumpsit, quod perimeret disceptationem, hoc est ultra non pateretur adversarium tergiversari,

Dig. 5, 1, 70:

dicuntur exceptiones aut peremptoriae aut dilatoriae. Peremptoriae sunt, quae perpetuo valent nec evitari possunt, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 4, § 120 sq. and 121; cf. Dig. 44, 1, 3.— Adv.: pĕremptōrĭē ( pĕremtōr-), in a peremptory manner, peremptorily:

argumentari,

Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 3, 1.

pĕremptōrĭus ( pĕremtōr-), a, um, adj. [id.].

Lit., destructive, deadly, mortal (post-class.):

venenum,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 30:

spiculum,

Tert. Anim. 25; Sid. Ep. 8, 11.—

Trop., qs. that destroys or precludes all debate, i. e. decisive, final, peremptory (jurid. Lat.):

peremptorium edictum inde hoc nomen sumpsit, quod perimeret disceptationem, hoc est ultra non pateretur adversarium tergiversari,

Dig. 5, 1, 70:

dicuntur exceptiones aut peremptoriae aut dilatoriae. Peremptoriae sunt, quae perpetuo valent nec evitari possunt, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 4, § 120 sq. and 121; cf. Dig. 44, 1, 3.— Adv.: pĕremptōrĭē ( pĕremtōr-), in a peremptory manner, peremptorily:

argumentari,

Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 3, 1.

penna or pinna (old forms, pesna, petna, Fest. p. 205, 209 Müll.), f. [orig. different words, penna for petna; root petor pat-; Sanscr. patāmi, to fly; Gr. petomai, prop. a wing: pinna for pitna; cf. Sanscr. pitu; Gr. pitus, the pine-tree; Lat. pinus; cf.: spiculum, spina;

prop. a sharp point or end. To a late period an effort was made to distinguish them: nec miretur (puer), cur... fiat a pinno quod est acutum, securis utrimque habens aciem bipennis, ne illorum sequatur errorem, qui, quia a pennis duabus hoc esse nomen existimant, pennas avium dici volunt,

Quint. 1, 4, 12 Halm:

pinnum enim antiqui acutum dicebant,

Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11 dub. (v. 1. pennus): pinnas murorum, pennas avium dicimus, Flav. Cap. p. 2243 P. This dictum of the old grammar we have to retain, although the distinction is neither etymologically sound nor is it always practically true; cf. bipennis, Bramb. Lat. Orthog. p. 118. In MSS. and edd. the two forms have mostly been used indiscriminately in all meanings except II. D. E. F. infra, in which pinna only is found; cf. esp. Wagn. Orth. Verg. p. 465; Rib. prol. Verg. p. 441 sq.; Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 270 sq.], a feather on the body of a winged creature (syn. pluma).

Lit.

Form penna:

sine pennis volare haud facile est: meae alae pennas non habent,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 48:

pennarum tuarum nitor,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 6:

maduere graves aspergine pennae,

Ov. M. 4, 728.—

Form pinna:

(aves) pullos pinnis fovent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

pinnarum caules omnium cavi,

Plin. 11, 39, 34, § 97; Sen. Ep. 42, 4: ova parire solet genus pinnis condecoratum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 10 Vahl.):

conveniebat corvos ex albis album pinnis jactare colorem,

Lucr. 2, 823 Munro:

galli salaces, frequentibus pinnis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5; Col. 8, 2, 10:

nam his rebus plumam pinnasque emundant,

id. ib. 9, 14, 7:

ut statim per somnum hianti pinna in os inderetur,

Suet. Claud. 33.—

Transf.

In plur.: pennae (pinnae), a wing (syn. ala).

Form pennae:

age tu, sis, sine pennis vola,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 80:

quatere in aëre,

Ov. M. 4, 676:

pennis resumptis,

id. ib. 4, 664:

vertere,

to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6): penna, collect. for the wings, Ov. M. 2, 376.—

Form pinnae:

geminis secat aëra pinnis,

Cic. Arat. 48 (282):

pinnas explicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55: o Fides alma, apta pinnis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Trag. v. 410 Vahl.): densis ales pinnis obnixa, id. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 148 ib.): (aquila) praepetibus pinnis (B. and K.;

al. pennis), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106. —Of bees: pinnis coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 73. —Of locusts:

pinnarum stridor,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.—Of gnats:

pinnae culicis,

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 3.—Prov.: pinnas incidere alicui, to clip one's wings, i. e. to deprive one of power or rank, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; so, decisis humilis pinnis, with clipped wings, i. e. with disappointed hopes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50; cf. the opp.: extendere pinnas, to spread out one's wings, i. e. to attempt great things, id. ib. 1, 20, 21.—

Poet., a flying, flight.

Form penna: felicibus edita pennis, i. e. with a happy omen from the flight of birds, Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 11; Sil. 3, 344; Val. Fl. 1, 231.—

Form pinna:

pinnā veras dare notas,

Ov. F. 1, 448.—

A feather on an arrow ( poet.).

Form penna:

per jugulum pennis tenus acta sagitta est,

Ov. M. 6, 258.—Hence,

Meton., an arrow ( poet.).

Form penna:

cervos pennā petere,

Val. Fl. 6, 421.—

Form pinna:

olor trajectus pinnā,

Ov. F. 2, 110.—

In late Lat., a pen. —Form penna:

instrumenta scribae, calamus et penna: sed calamus arboris est, penna avis,

Isid. Orig. 6, 14.—

A fin. —Form pinna, Plin. 9, 13, 15, § 42.—

A pinnacle. —Form pinna:

turres contabulantur, pinnae loricaeque ex cratibus attexuntur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39; 7, 72: milites Metelli... a pinnis hostis defendebant facillime funditore, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; Verg. A. 7, 159:

templi,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 9.—

In mechanics.

A float or bucket of a water-wheel.—Form pinna, Vitr. 10, 10. —

A stop or key of a water-organ.—

Form pinna,

Vitr. 10, 13.

penna or pinna (old forms, pesna, petna, Fest. p. 205, 209 Müll.), f. [orig. different words, penna for petna; root petor pat-; Sanscr. patāmi, to fly; Gr. petomai, prop. a wing: pinna for pitna; cf. Sanscr. pitu; Gr. pitus, the pine-tree; Lat. pinus; cf.: spiculum, spina;

prop. a sharp point or end. To a late period an effort was made to distinguish them: nec miretur (puer), cur... fiat a pinno quod est acutum, securis utrimque habens aciem bipennis, ne illorum sequatur errorem, qui, quia a pennis duabus hoc esse nomen existimant, pennas avium dici volunt,

Quint. 1, 4, 12 Halm:

pinnum enim antiqui acutum dicebant,

Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11 dub. (v. 1. pennus): pinnas murorum, pennas avium dicimus, Flav. Cap. p. 2243 P. This dictum of the old grammar we have to retain, although the distinction is neither etymologically sound nor is it always practically true; cf. bipennis, Bramb. Lat. Orthog. p. 118. In MSS. and edd. the two forms have mostly been used indiscriminately in all meanings except II. D. E. F. infra, in which pinna only is found; cf. esp. Wagn. Orth. Verg. p. 465; Rib. prol. Verg. p. 441 sq.; Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 270 sq.], a feather on the body of a winged creature (syn. pluma).

Lit.

Form penna:

sine pennis volare haud facile est: meae alae pennas non habent,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 48:

pennarum tuarum nitor,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 6:

maduere graves aspergine pennae,

Ov. M. 4, 728.—

Form pinna:

(aves) pullos pinnis fovent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

pinnarum caules omnium cavi,

Plin. 11, 39, 34, § 97; Sen. Ep. 42, 4: ova parire solet genus pinnis condecoratum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 10 Vahl.):

conveniebat corvos ex albis album pinnis jactare colorem,

Lucr. 2, 823 Munro:

galli salaces, frequentibus pinnis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5; Col. 8, 2, 10:

nam his rebus plumam pinnasque emundant,

id. ib. 9, 14, 7:

ut statim per somnum hianti pinna in os inderetur,

Suet. Claud. 33.—

Transf.

In plur.: pennae (pinnae), a wing (syn. ala).

Form pennae:

age tu, sis, sine pennis vola,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 80:

quatere in aëre,

Ov. M. 4, 676:

pennis resumptis,

id. ib. 4, 664:

vertere,

to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6): penna, collect. for the wings, Ov. M. 2, 376.—

Form pinnae:

geminis secat aëra pinnis,

Cic. Arat. 48 (282):

pinnas explicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55: o Fides alma, apta pinnis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Trag. v. 410 Vahl.): densis ales pinnis obnixa, id. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 148 ib.): (aquila) praepetibus pinnis (B. and K.;

al. pennis), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106. —Of bees: pinnis coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 73. —Of locusts:

pinnarum stridor,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.—Of gnats:

pinnae culicis,

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 3.—Prov.: pinnas incidere alicui, to clip one's wings, i. e. to deprive one of power or rank, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; so, decisis humilis pinnis, with clipped wings, i. e. with disappointed hopes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50; cf. the opp.: extendere pinnas, to spread out one's wings, i. e. to attempt great things, id. ib. 1, 20, 21.—

Poet., a flying, flight.

Form penna: felicibus edita pennis, i. e. with a happy omen from the flight of birds, Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 11; Sil. 3, 344; Val. Fl. 1, 231.—

Form pinna:

pinnā veras dare notas,

Ov. F. 1, 448.—

A feather on an arrow ( poet.).

Form penna:

per jugulum pennis tenus acta sagitta est,

Ov. M. 6, 258.—Hence,

Meton., an arrow ( poet.).

Form penna:

cervos pennā petere,

Val. Fl. 6, 421.—

Form pinna:

olor trajectus pinnā,

Ov. F. 2, 110.—

In late Lat., a pen. —Form penna:

instrumenta scribae, calamus et penna: sed calamus arboris est, penna avis,

Isid. Orig. 6, 14.—

A fin. —Form pinna, Plin. 9, 13, 15, § 42.—

A pinnacle. —Form pinna:

turres contabulantur, pinnae loricaeque ex cratibus attexuntur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39; 7, 72: milites Metelli... a pinnis hostis defendebant facillime funditore, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; Verg. A. 7, 159:

templi,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 9.—

In mechanics.

A float or bucket of a water-wheel.—Form pinna, Vitr. 10, 10. —

A stop or key of a water-organ.—

Form pinna,

Vitr. 10, 13.