spadix

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

spādix: īcis, comm., = σπἀδιξ.
I 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.—
II Transf. (as in Greek).
   A Date-brown, nut-brown, chestnut-brown: rutilus et spadix phoenicei συνώνυμος, Geli. 2, 26, 9 sq.: honesti (equi) Spadices glaucique, Verg. G. 3, 82.—
   B A kind of stringed instrument, condemned as effeminate by Quint. 1, 10, 31.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) spādīx, īcis, m. (σπάδιξ),
1 c. spadicum : Gell. 2, 26, 10
2 sorte d’instrument de musique comme la lyre : Quint. 1, 10, 31.
(2) spādīx,¹⁶ m., cheval bai-brun : Virg. G. 3, 82.