stuppa

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

stuppa (less correctly stūpa, stī-pa), ae, f., = στύππη (στύπη),

the coarse part of flax , tow , hards , oakum , Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; Lucr. 6, 880; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Liv. 21, 8, 10; Verg. A. 5, 682; Pers. 5, 135; cf. Fest. p. 317 Müll.

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