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scirpeus

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scirpĕus: (sirp-), a, um scirpus.
I Adj., of rushes, rush-: ratis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: clava, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. scirpus, p. 330 Müll.: simulacra, i. e. images of men made of rushes, which were thrown into the Tiber annually, Ov. F. 5, 622 (v. Argei); also imago, id. ib. 5, 659: fila, a rush-wick of wax tapers, Prud. Cath. 5, 15: fiscella, Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.—
II Subst.: scirpĕa (sirp-), ae, f., a basket-work of rushes to form the body of a wagon (generally used for carrying manure), Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Ov. F. 6, 680; Just. 43, 4, 6; Arn. 2, n. 38.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scirpĕus¹⁴ ou sirpĕus, a, um (scirpus), de jonc : Pl. Aul. 595.

Latin > German (Georges)

scirpeus (sirpeus), a, um (scirpus), aus Binsen, I) adi.: ratis, Plaut.: fiscina, Ps. Verg. copa, 17 R.: imago od. simulacrum, Binsenbild, binsenes Argeerbild (s. Argēīno. II), Ov. – II) subst.: a) scirpea od. sirpea (sirpia), ae, f., ein aus Binsen geflochtener Wagenkorb (gew. zum Hinausfahren des Mistes gebraucht), Varro u. Ov.: vannorum sirpiarumque vitores, Korbwarenflechter, Arnob. 2, 38. – b) scirpea, ōrum, n., Binsengeflechte, Varro LL. 7, 44.

Latin > Chinese

scirpeus, a, um. adj. :: 燈草者