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hărundo | ărundo (noun F) : (better than , Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.;
* V.infra), , 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..
* Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf. 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 fishing-rod: 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.
* A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = σύριγξ (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding): 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 κάλαμος αὐλητικός, Theophr. 4, 12): 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: stamen secernit arundo,Ov. M. 6, 55.
* A reed for brushing down cobwebs: ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.
* A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained: jugorum genera fere quatuor, ... harundo, ut in Arpino,Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.
* A rod (for beating, punishing): 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.
* A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.
* 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.
* V.infra), , 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..
* Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf. 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 fishing-rod: 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.
* A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = σύριγξ (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding): 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 κάλαμος αὐλητικός, Theophr. 4, 12): 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: stamen secernit arundo,Ov. M. 6, 55.
* A reed for brushing down cobwebs: ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.
* A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained: jugorum genera fere quatuor, ... harundo, ut in Arpino,Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.
* A rod (for beating, punishing): 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.
* A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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