arvina
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Latin > English
arvina arvinae N F :: fat, lard, suet, grease; small fat/suet; (on kidneys of sacrificial victim)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
arvīna: ae, f.
I Grease, fat, suet, lard.
A In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—
B Esp.
a Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the
dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—
b Of a person: de latere ejus arvina dependet, Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—
II Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—
III Arvīna, a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) arvīna,¹⁶ æ, f.,
1 saindoux : Virg. En. 7, 627 ; Plin. 11, 127
2 embonpoint, graisse : Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 81 ; Serv. En. 7, 627.
Latin > German (Georges)
arvīna, ae, f. (wahrsch. zu griech. ὀρύα, Darm, entstanden aus *ἀρυα), I) Schmer, Fett, Speck vgl. Suet. fr. 170. p. 272 R.), Vulg. exod. 29, 22 u. Iob. 15, 27: pinguis, Verg. Aen. 7, 627. Ambros. in psalm. 98. serm. 17. § 15: arvinae tori, Cypr. ad Donat. 7: arv. iecoris, Vulg. levit. 3, 15. – II) übtr., die Feistigkeit eines Menschen, Prud. cath. 7, 9. Sidon. ep. 8, 14: uti carne ad arvinam corporis, Ambros. de Noë et arca 25, 90. – dah. als Beiname, A. Cornelius (Cossus) Arvina, Liv. 8, 38, 1.
