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|lshtext=<b>caespĕs</b>: (not [[cespes]]), ĭtis, m. [[caesus]], [[caedo]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[turf]], [[sod]] as [[cut]] [[out]]: [[caespes]] est [[terra]] in modum lateris [[caesa]] cum [[herba]], [[sive]] [[frutex]] [[recisus]] et [[truncus]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.: [[caespes]] [[χορτόπλινθος]], [[χορτόβωλος]], [[πλίνθος]], Gloss.: non esse [[arma]] caespites, [[neque]] glebas, * Cic. Caecin. 21, 60.— Used for altars, mounds (of tombs), for [[covering]] cottages, huts, etc., Hor. C. 1, 19, 13; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 9; id. M. 4, 753; 7, 240; 15, 573; Verg. A. 3, 304; Tac. G. 27; id. A. 1, 62; Verg. E. 1, 69 Voss; Sen. Ep. 8, 5; Luc. 1, 512; 3, 387; Suet. Aug. 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[cot]], [[hut]], [[hovel]], [[shed]]: nec fortuitum spernere caespitem, Hor. C. 2, 15, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[altar]]: positusque [[carbo]] Caespite [[vivo]], Hor. C. 3, 8, 4; Juv. 12, 2; Tac. H. 4, 53; App. Flor. n. 1, —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any [[object]] of [[similar]] form, a [[knot]], knob, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 153.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[clump]], [[group]] of plants, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 43; Verg. G. 4, 273 Forbig. ad loc.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[grassy]] [[field]], a [[green]] [[field]], [[turf]], Verg. A. 11, 566: de caespite [[virgo]] se levat, Ov. M. 2, 427; 4, 301; 10, 556; 13, 931: sedere in caespite [[nudo]], Suet. Tib. 18; Stat. Th. 12, 328; Petr. 120, 72; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; 17, 4, 3, § 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Late Lat., the [[earth]], [[ground]], in gen., Avien. Perieg. 227; 388.