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1 spina
spīna, ae, f. [root spī, whence also spicna, spīca, spinus], a thorn.I.Lit.:B.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.—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, 121:2.hystrices spinā contectae (with aculei),
Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125; 9, 59, 85, § 182:spinā nocuus,
Ov. Hal. 130.—A fish-bone:3.humus spinis cooperta piscium,
Quint. 8, 3, 66; Ov. M. 8, 244.—The backbone, spine:4.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.—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. II.Trop., in plur.1.Thorns, i. e. difficulties, subtleties, perplexities in speaking and debating (class.):2.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.—Cares:3.certemus, spinas animone ego fortius an tu Evellas agro,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4.—Errors:quid te exemta juvat spinis de pluribus una,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212.
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