taeda

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

taeda ae, f

a resinous pine-tree, pitch-pine: Ceu flamma per taedas equitavit, H.—Resinous wood, pine wood, pitch-pine: cupae taedā ac pice refertae, Cs.: pyrā Erectā taedis atque ilice sectā, V.—Burning pine wood, a pine-brand, torch: Furiarum taedae ardentes: fumida, V.: taedā lucebis in illā, i. e. amid the fagots, Iu.: taedas Hymenaeus Amorque Praecutiunt, O.—Poet., a nuptial torch, wedding: nec coniugis umquam Praetendi taedas, V.: pudica, O.: me non aliae poterunt conrumpere taedae, i. e. loves, Pr.—A pine board, plank: latissima, Iu.