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1 harundo
hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.; v. infra), ĭnis, f. [etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq.].I.Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf.II.also: culmus, calamus, stipula),
Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.:intus medullam sabuci (habent)... inanitatem harundines,
id. 13, 22, 42, § 122:longa parvae sub arundine cannae,
Ov. M. 8, 337:fluvialis,
Verg. G. 2, 414;used for covering or thatching huts and houses,
Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3;esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae,
Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.:teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.:arundo vento agitata,
Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24:arundinem quassatam non confringet,
ib. Matt. 12, 20. —Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.A.A fishing-rod:B.hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5:haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces,
Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.:hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit,
Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—Limed twigs for catching birds:C.parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt,
Petr. 40, 6:volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit,
id. 109, 7:cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu,
Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin:aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda,
id. 9, 54, 3 id.:ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos,
Sil. 7, 674:harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—A wreath or crown made of reeds;D.as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.;v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo,
Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.;of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines,
Ov. M. 9, 3:subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas,
Val. Fl. 1, 218:(Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine,
Vell. Pat. 2, 83;and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo,
Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333:velatus harundine glauca Mincius,
Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—The shaft of an arrow:E.quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum,
Ov. M. 1, 471:pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi,
Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow:inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem,
Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526;11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo,
Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—A pen:F.neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos,
Mart. 1, 3, 10:inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo,
Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus:Cnidia,
Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and:Acidalia,
Mart. 9, 14, 3.—A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = surinx (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding):G.junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat,
Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.;11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam,
Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.:compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen,
id. Cul. 100:nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos,
Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—A flute (made of the kalamos aulêtikos, Theophr. 4, 12):H.Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena,
Ov. M. 6, 384.—A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place:K.stamen secernit arundo,
Ov. M. 6, 55.—A reed for brushing down cobwebs:L.ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained:M.jugorum genera fere quatuor,... harundo, ut in Arpino,
Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—A rod (for beating, punishing):N.ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit,
Petr. 134.—Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.—O.A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.—P.A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child's plaything:equitare in harundine longa,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.:non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est,
Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.