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|lshtext=<b>spīca</b>: ae (vulg. spēca:<br /><b>I</b> rustici, ut acceperunt [[antiquitus]], vocant specam, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2.—Neutr. collat. form spī-cum, Varr. ap. Non. 225, 30; Cic. Sen. 15, 51, acc. to Non. 225, 29; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110.—Masc. collat. form spīcus, Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. [[spicum]], p. 333 Müll.), f. [[root]] spi-, to be [[sharp]]; Gr. [[σπίλος]]>, [[rock]]; [[σπινός]]>, [[lean]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop., a [[point]]; [[hence]], in partic., of [[grain]], an [[ear]], [[spike]] (syn. [[arista]]), Varr. R. R. 1, 48; 1, 63, 2; Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; 4, 14, 37; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56; Cat. 19, 11: Cererem in spicis intercipit, Ov. M. 8, 292; 9, 689: distendet spicis horrea plena [[Ceres]], Tib. 2, 5, 84: spicas hordaceas gerenti, App. M. 7, p. 191.—Prov.: his qui [[contentus]] non est, in [[litus]] harenas, In segetem spicas, in [[mare]] fundat aquas, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things of a [[similar]] [[shape]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[top]], [[tuft]], [[head]] of [[other]] plants, [[Cato]], R. R. 70, 1; Col. 8, 5, 21; Plin. 21, 8, 23, § 47; 22, 25, 79, § 161; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The brightest [[star]] in the [[constellation]] Virgo, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110; German. Arat. 97; Col. 11, 2, 65; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311; Manil. 5, 269.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Spica testacea, a [[kind]] of [[brick]] for pavements, laid so as to [[imitate]] the setting of the grains in an [[ear]] of [[corn]], Vitr. 7, 1 fin.; cf. [[spicatus]], under [[spico]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Spicus [[crinalis]], a [[hair]]-[[pin]], Mart. Cap. 9, § 903 (al. [[spicum]] crinale, al. crinale [[spiclum]]; [[but]] in Lucr. 3, 198, the [[better]] [[reading]] is [[spiritus]] [[acer]], v. Lachm. ad h. l.). >