arvina

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

arvīna, ae, f.

I Grease , fat , suet , lard.

A In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—

B Esp.

a Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—

b Of a person: de latere ejus arvina dependet, Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—

II Greasiness , fatness , in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—

III Arvīna , a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.

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