(verb) : spīco, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, spica, to furnish with spikes or ears (post-Aug., and usually in the part. perf.): grana in stipulā crinito textu spicantur, shoot out or put forth ears, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60: chamaecissos spicata est tritici modo,id. 24, 15, 84, § 135: herbarum spicatarum genus,id. 21, 17, 61, § 101: testacea spicata,a pavement of bricks, laid in the shape of ears of corn,Vitr. 7, 1 med.; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187: quam longa exigui spicant hastilia dentes,sharpen to a point,Grat. Cyn. 118: spicatae faces,id. ib. 484: animantes spicatae aculeis, Min. Octav. 17 fin.