schedius

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

schĕdĭus, a, um, adj., = σχέδιος, made suddenly or off-hand; hastily put or thrown together; hence, as in the Greek subst.,

I schĕdĭa , ae, f., = σχεδία (sc. ναῦς), a raft , float , constructed in haste, Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 6; cf. Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.—

II schĕdĭum , ii, n. (sc. carmen), an extemporaneous poem : Lucilianae humilitatis, Petr. 4 fin. ; Ap. Deo Socr. p. 364, 34; Aus. Idyll. 7 praef.; Sid. Ep. 8, 3; cf. Fest. l. l.