stiria

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

stīrĭa, ae, f. [cf. stilla; Engl. tear],

a frozen drop; an ice-drop , ice-drop , icicle (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. G. 3, 366; so too Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 124; Mart. 7, 37, 5; Claud. B. Get. 327; Tert. Pall. 4.

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