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saeta | sēta (noun F) : (), , etym. dub..
* Prop., a thick, stiff hair on an animal; a bristle (class.; usu. in plur.; cf. villus, pilus).
* Plur.
* Meton.
* Sing.: saeta equina,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: nigrae saetae grex (suum),Col. 7, 9, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 667.
* Of stiff, bristly, human hair, Verg. A. 8, 266; id. G. 3, 312; Ov. M. 13, 850; Juv. 2, 11; Mart. 6, 56.
* Of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees, Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 41.
* Of any thing made of coarse hair or bristles, e. g. the bottom or leader of an angling-line, Ov. Hal. 34: piscem tremulā salientem ducere saetā,Mart. 1, 56, 9; so,id. 10, 30, 16.
* A brush made from bristles: parieti siccato cera Punica cum oleo liquefacta candens saetis inducatur,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 3.
* Prop., a thick, stiff hair on an animal; a bristle (class.; usu. in plur.; cf. villus, pilus).
* Plur.
* Meton.
* Sing.: saeta equina,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: nigrae saetae grex (suum),Col. 7, 9, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 667.
* Of stiff, bristly, human hair, Verg. A. 8, 266; id. G. 3, 312; Ov. M. 13, 850; Juv. 2, 11; Mart. 6, 56.
* Of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees, Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 41.
* Of any thing made of coarse hair or bristles, e. g. the bottom or leader of an angling-line, Ov. Hal. 34: piscem tremulā salientem ducere saetā,Mart. 1, 56, 9; so,id. 10, 30, 16.
* A brush made from bristles: parieti siccato cera Punica cum oleo liquefacta candens saetis inducatur,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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