spādix, īcis, comm., = σπάδιξ.
I Lit., a palm-branch broken off , together with its fruit; spadica Dorici vocant avulsum e paimā termitem cum fructu, Gell. 2, 26, 10; 3, 9, 9.—In the collat. form spādīcum : termites et spadica cernit assidua, Amm. 24, 3, 12.—
II Transf. (as in Greek).
A Date-brown , nut-brown , chestnut-brown : rutilus et spadix phoenicei συνώνυμος, Geli. 2, 26, 9 sq.: honesti (equi) Spadices glaucique, Verg. G. 3, 82.—
B A kind of stringed instrument , condemned as effeminate by Quint. 1, 10, 31.