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hastile
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Lewis Short
hastīle | astīle (noun N) : (also ), , hasta
* The shaft of a spear or javelin.
* Lit.: ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,Nep. Epam. 9: hastili nixus,Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: missile telum hastili abiegno,Liv. 21, 8, 10.
* Transf.
* (Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. (poet.): torquere hastilia lenta,Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397: curvatum,Juv. 7, 127.
* In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard: candelabri,Vulg. Exod. 25, 31: arcus,Amm. 22, 8, 37.
* The shaft of a spear or javelin.
* Lit.: ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,Nep. Epam. 9: hastili nixus,Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: missile telum hastili abiegno,Liv. 21, 8, 10.
* Transf.
* (Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. (poet.): torquere hastilia lenta,Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397: curvatum,Juv. 7, 127.
* In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard: candelabri,Vulg. Exod. 25, 31: arcus,Amm. 22, 8, 37.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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