spartĕus, a, um, adj. [spartum],
of broom , made or consisting of broom : funes, Cato R. R. 3 fin. ; Col. 12, 52, 8: spirae, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 107 Rib.): serilia, id. ap. Fest. p. 343 (R ib. 1. 1. p. 91): urnae, amphorae, Cato R. R. 11, 2: solea, Col. 6, 12, 2: helcium, Ap. Met. 9, 12, 4. —As subst.: spartĕa , ae, f., a shoe made of broom , Col. 6, 12, 3; 6, 15, 1; Pall. 1, 24, 2; id. Nov. 7, 6; Veg. 1, 26, 3 al.