parastaticus

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

părastătĭcus, a, um, adj., = παραστατικός,

I of or belonging to pilasters , parastatic , Inscr. Fabr. p. 688, n. 100.—

II Subst.: părastătĭca , ae, f., = παραστατική.

A A square pillar or column , a pilaster : columnae atque parastaticae (al. parastatae), Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52; Vitr. 9, 9; cf. Inscr. Labus Epigrafe Lat. Scop. ap. Egitto, p. 7.—

B In plur.: părastătĭ-cae , ārum, f., two bones in the knee of a horse , Veg. Vet. 4, 1.