spiculum

spīculum ī, n dim.

spicum, a little sharp point, sting : spicula caeca relinquunt (apes), V.: Curva (of scorpions), O.: crabronum, O.—Of a missile, a point : tum denique sibi avelli iubet spiculum: Hastarum spicula, O.: bipalme, L.— A pointed missile, dart, arrow, javelin : quos spiculo possent attingere, with a javelin : torquere Cydonia cornu Spicula, arrows , V.