spica

, or α virginis.

The lucida of Virgo, a standard nautical star.

← spheroid × spider →

spica
spīca, ae (vulg. spēca: rustici, ut acceperunt antiquitus, vocant specam, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.—Neut...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
spica
spīca ae, f SPI-, a point, ear, spike : seges spicis uberibus: Cererem in spicis intercipit, O.—Pr...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Spica
·noun A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. II. Spica ·noun A kind of ...

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