ligneus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lignĕus: a, um, adj. lignum,
I of wood, wooden.
I Lit.: ponticulus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: turres, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: materia, wood, Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170: deus, Tib. 1, 11, 20: piscinas, Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123: Fabii Maximi oppida, Quint. 6, 3, 61: custodia, i. e. the stocks, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28: salus, written on wooden tablets, id. Ps. 1, 1, 45.—
II Transf.
   A Like wood, woody: putamen, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: semen (arboris), id. 16, 26, 46, § 110.—
   B Like dry wood, dry: nervosa et lignea (appellatur) dorcas, Lucr. 4, 1161: conjux, Cat. 23, 6.