stacta

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

stacta, ae, or stactē, ēs, f., = στακτή,

I myrrh-oil.

α Stacta, Lucr. 2, 847; Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 23; id. Most. 1, 3, 151; Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 70.—

β Stacte, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 5; Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 17.—Also, myrrha stacta (stacte), Scrib. Comp. 125; 145; Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68.— Plur. , Col. poët. 10, 173.