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|lshtext=<b>spādix</b>: īcis, comm., = σπἀδιξ.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[palm]]-[[branch]] [[broken]] [[off]], [[together]] [[with]] its [[fruit]]; spadica Dorici vocant avulsum e paimā termitem cum fructu, Gell. 2, 26, 10; 3, 9, 9.—In the collat. form spādīcum: termites et spadica cernit assidua, Amm. 24, 3, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. (as in Greek).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Date-[[brown]], [[nut]]-[[brown]], chestnut-[[brown]]: [[rutilus]] et [[spadix]] phoenicei [[συνώνυμος]], Geli. 2, 26, 9 sq.: honesti (equi) Spadices glaucique, Verg. G. 3, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of stringed [[instrument]], condemned as [[effeminate]] by Quint. 1, 10, 31.
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