iunceus

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

juncĕus, a, um, adj. [juncus].

I Made of rushes, rush- : sporta, Col. 12, 6: vincula, Ov. F. 4, 870: cratis, Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 84.— Comically: nam mihi jam intus potione junceā onerabo gulam, with a rush-drink , i. e. with a rope of rushes , Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 56.—

II Like a rush : herba caule junceo pedali, Plin. 25, 8, 47, § 85.—

B Transf., slim, slender : tam etsi bona'st natura, reddunt curatura junceam, Ter. Eun. 316 (Fleck.): pectora, Prud. στεφ. 3, 132: proceritas columnarum, Cassiod. Var. 7, 15.

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