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.