sublica
From LSJ
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sublĭca: ae, f.,
I a stake or pile driven into the ground, a palisade (cf.: palus, sudes, stipes), Caes. B. C. 3, 49; Liv. 23, 37; Vitr. 3, 3.—Esp., of the piles for a bridge, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 35; Liv. 1, 37.—In the form sublices, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 77; cf. Gloss. Labb.
