sponda

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

sponda, ae, f.

I Lit., the frame of a bedstead, sofa, etc., Ov. M. 8, 657; Petr. 97, 4; 94, 8.—

II Transf.

A A bed , couch , sofa (syn. lectus), Verg. A. 1, 698; Hor. Epod. 3, 22; Ov. F. 2, 345; Mart. 3, 91, 9; Suet. Caes. 49.—

B A bier , Mart. 10, 5, 9.

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