spiculo

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

spīcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spiculum],

to sharpen to a point , to point (post-Aug. and very rare): telum, Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 3: mantichorae cauda spiculata, Sol. 52, § 37.