spinetum

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

spīnētum, i, n. [spina], a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns.

I Lit., Verg. E. 2, 9; Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204: spineta sentesque, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 4.—

II Trop.: Aristotelis spineta, Hier. in Helv. 2.

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