(adjective) : lignĕus, a, um, lignum
* Of wood, wooden.
* Lit.: ponticulus,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: turres,Caes. B. C. 3, 9: materia,wood,Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170: deus,Tib. 1, 11, 20: piscinas,Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123: Fabii Maximi oppida,Quint. 6, 3, 61: custodia,i. e. the stocks,Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28: salus,written on wooden tablets,id. Ps. 1, 1, 45.
* Transf.
* Like wood, woody: putamen,Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: semen (arboris),id. 16, 26, 46, § 110.
* Like dry wood, dry: nervosa et lignea (appellatur) dorcas,Lucr. 4, 1161: conjux,Cat. 23, 6.

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