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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>taeda</b>: (tēda), ae (<br /><b>I</b> gen. taedaï, Lucr. 6, 897), f. etym. dub.; cf. [[taedet]], a [[resinous]] [[species]] of [[pine]]-[[tree]], the [[pitch]]-[[pine]] [[tree]] (syn. fax): Pinus combra, Linn.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 44; 16, 11, 21, § 52; 37, 3, 11, § 43; 35, 6, 25, § 41: ceu [[flamma]] per taedas equitavit, Hor. C. 4, 4, 43. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Resinous [[fir]] or [[pine]] [[wood]], [[pitch]]-[[pine]]: cupas taedā ac pice refertas incendunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11; 3, 101: pyrā erectā taedis [[atque]] ilice sectā, Verg. A. 4, 505: schedias taedā comburere, Vitr. 7, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A pitchpine [[torch]], a [[torch]]: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.); cf.: taedae ardentes Furiarum, Cic. Pis. 20, 46; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67: [[Ceres]] dicitur inflammasse taedas eis ignibus, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; cf. Ov. F. 4, 494: accensis currere taedis, Prop. 2, 32, 9: taedas [[Hymenaeus]] Amorque Praecutiunt, Ov. M. 4, 758; so of a [[nuptial]] [[torch]], id. H. 4, 121; Verg. A. 4, 18 al.; [[hence]], [[poet]]., a [[wedding]], [[marriage]], id. ib. 4, 339; 7, 388; 9, 76; Ov. M. 9, 721; 9, 768; 4, 326; 14, 677; 15, 826: copulari taedis, Sen. Herc. Fur. 493: jungere taedas, Stat. S. 3, 4, 53: teque mihi [[taeda]] pudica dedit, Ov. H. 6, 134: sacra conubia fallere taedae, Mart. 6, 2, 1; and for [[love]], in gen., Prop. 1, 8, 21: taedaeque ad funera versae, torches [[reversed]], in [[sign]] of [[mourning]], Sil. 2, 184; 13, 547.—As an [[instrument]] of [[torture]]: verbera, carnifices, [[robur]], pix, [[lamina]], taedae, Lucr. 3, 1017; Juv. 1, 155. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[pine]] [[board]], a [[sawn]] [[plank]]: dolato [[confisus]] ligno, digitis a morte [[remotus]] Quattuor, aut [[septem]], si [[sit]] latissima [[taeda]], Juv. 12, 59. — *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[small]] [[piece]] of [[pork]] or [[fat]], used for [[religious]] purposes, Arn. 7, 230.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>tæda</b>¹⁰ <b>(tēda)</b>, æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> pin : Plin. 16, 44, etc.<br /><b>2</b> branche de pin, morceau de pin : Cæs. C. 2, 11, 2 ; 3, 101 ; Virg. En. 4, 505<br /><b>3</b> torche : Cic. Pis. 46 ; Verr. 2, 4, 106 &#124;&#124; torche nuptiale : Ov. M. 4, 758 ; [d’où] noces, [[hymen]], mariage : conjugis tædæ Virg. En. 4, 339, les flambeaux de l’[[hymen]], cf. Virg. En. 7, 388 ; 9, 76 ; Ov. M. 9, 721, etc. &#124;&#124; amour : Prop. 1, 8, 21 &#124;&#124; instrument de torture : Lucr. 3, 1017 ; Juv. 1, 155<br /><b>4</b> petit morceau de graisse détaché du corps de la victime dans les sacrifices : Arn. 7, 24.
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