ădeps, ĭpis, comm. (in Plin. and Serv., m. in Cels., Quint., and Pallad., f. in Col. I.c.; cf. Prisc. 657 and 752 P.; Rudd. I. p. 34; Koffm. s. v.) [from ἄλειφα with interch. of d and l], the soft fat or grease of animals, suet, lard (the hard is called sevum).
A Lit.: suilla, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 7: ursinus, Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163: vulpinus, ib.: anserinus, ib. 48: caprina, Col. R. R. 6, 12, 5: ad creandas adipes, id. ib. 8, 14, 11. —And in the sense of sevum : adipe, qui prope omnes Italas lucernas illuminat, the tallow , Aug. de Mor. Manich. 2, 16.—Hence,
B Metaph.
1 Of men: non mihi esse Lentuli somnum, nec Cassii adipes, nec Cethegi temeritatem pertimescendam, the corpulence , * Cic. Cat. 3, 7: dum sciat (declamator) sibi quoque tenuandas adipes, Quint. 2, 10, 6 (v. adipatus, crassus, crassedo).—
2 Of fat or fertile earth, marl , Plin. 17, 6, 4, § 42.—
3 In trees, that part of the wood which is soft and full of sap , also called alburnum , Plin. 16, 38, 72, § 182.☞ The form adipes , assumed by Prisc. 752 and 1293 P., on account of Varr. R. R. 2, 11, rests upon an error, since not adipes illa , but adeps suilla , should be read there, v. Schneid. ad h. l.