repandus

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

rĕ-pandus, a, um, adj.,

bent backwards , turned up (syn.: recurvus, reduncus): lascivire pecus . . . rostrique repandum, with turned-up snouts (dolphins, seacalves), Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 1 (cf. repandirostrus): dorsum (delphini), Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 23; cf.: repandus (delphinus), Ov. M. 3, 680: cervix, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140: crura Socratis, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, 48: calceoli, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82: cornu, Sol. 43: lilium, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 26.

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