sternax, ācis, adj. [sterno],
that throws to the ground (poet.): equus, that throws his rider , Verg. A. 12, 364; Sil. 1, 261: cives, that fall prostrate , Sid. Ep. 5, 14 fin. ; so of a suppliant, id. ib. 4, 12 fin.
sternāx ācis, adj.sterno, prostrating, throwing down : equus, that throws his rider , V. ...
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