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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=festuca festucae N F :: straw; stalk (used in manumission); ram for beating down earth, piledriver
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>festūca</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[stalk]], [[stem]], [[straw]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: qui [[homo]] in pratis per fenisecta festucas corradit, Varr. L. L. 5, § 136; Col. 8, 15, 6; Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116; 18, 27, 67, § 254.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[rod]] [[with]] [[which]] slaves were touched in the [[ceremony]] of [[manumission]]: qui vindicabat festucam tenebat ... et homini imponebat, Gai. Inst. 4, 16; cf.: [[vindicta]], A.: [[quid]]? ea ingenuan' an [[festuca]] facta e [[serva]] libera'st? Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 15; id. Pers. 5, 175.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[straw]]-[[like]] [[weed]] [[which]] grows [[among]] [[barley]], also called [[aegilops]], Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[trifle]], [[particle]], mote: in [[oculo]] fratris, Vulg. Matt. 7, 3; id. Luc. 6, 41.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>festūca</b>,¹⁶ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> fétu, brin de paille, tige : [[Varro]] L. 5, 136 ; Plin. 18, 254<br /><b>2</b> baguette, dont le préteur touchait la tête d’un esclave pour l’affranchir : Pl. Mil. 961 ; Pers. 5, 175<br /><b>3</b> coquiole [herbe] : Plin. 18, 155.<br />(2) <b>festūca</b>,¹⁶ æ, c. [[fistuca]] : [[Cato]] Agr. 28, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) fēstūca<sup>1</sup>, ae, f. ([[vermutlich]] aus *ferstuca, zu [[fastigium]]), I) der [[Halm]], Grashalm, [[Varro]] LL. 5, 136. Col. 8, 15, 7, Plin. 10, 116: cum [[herba]] creverit in festucam, Plin. 18, 254. – [[ein]] halmartiges [[Unkraut]], Plin. 18, 155. – II) übtr., die [[Rute]] od. das [[Stäbchen]], [[womit]] [[nach]] röm. [[Sitte]] der [[assertor]] libertatis den Sklaven berührte, der [[für]] [[frei]] erklärt [[werden]] sollte, [[sonst]] [[auch]] [[vindicta]] [[gen]]., die Freiheitsrute, der Freiheitsstab, ingenuan an festucā facta e [[serva]] liberast? Plaut. mil. 961: [[non]] in festucā, [[lictor]] [[quam]] iactat [[ineptus]], Pers. 5, 175.<br />'''(2)''' fēstūca<sup>2</sup> ([[nicht]] fīstūca), ae, f., [[ein]] [[Werkzeug]] zum Einrammen, der Schlegel, die [[Ramme]], Plaut. mil. 961. [[Cato]] r. r. 28, 2. Caes. b. G. 4, 17, 4 codd. TU. Plin. 17, 87 u. 36, 185 D. Vulg. Matth. 7, 3 sqq.; Luc. 6, 41 u. 42. Augustin. serm. 49, 7. Gloss. II, 71, 45; II, 339, 23 u. ö. – / fīstūca [[nur]] Gloss. III, 407, 16.
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