hastīle (also astīle), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.
I Lit.: ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat, Nep. Epam. 9: hastili nixus, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: missile telum hastili abiegno, Liv. 21, 8, 10.—
II Transf.
A (Pars pro toto.) A spear , javelin , in gen. (poet.): torquere hastilia lenta, Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397: curvatum, Juv. 7, 127.—
B In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches , Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles , props , id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard : candelabri, Vulg. Exod. 25, 31: arcus, Amm. 22, 8, 37.