spădo, ōnis, m., = σπάδων.
I Lit., one who has no generative power , an impotent person (whether by nature or by castration; hence more gen. than castratus), Dig. 50, 16, 128; 23, 3, 39; 28, 2, 6; 1, 7, 2; 40, 2, 14; opp. castratus, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 9. —Of horses, Veg. 6, 7, 2.—
B In partic., a castrated person , a eunuch , Liv. 9, 17, 16; Quint. 11, 3, 19; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 41; Hor. Epod. 9, 13; Juv. 14, 91 al.—
II Transf., of unfruitful or seedless plants , Col. 3, 10, 15; Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 38; of a reed without down , id. 16, 36, 66, § 170.