I.of broom, made or consisting of broom: “funes,” Cato, R. R. 3 fin.; Col. 12, 52, 8: spirae, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 107 Rib.): serilia, id. ap. Fest. p. 343 (Rib. 1. 1. p. 91): “urnae, amphorae,” Cato, R. R. 11, 2: “solea,” Col. 6, 12, 2: “helcium,” App. M. 9, p. 220, 20. —As subst.: spartĕa , ae, f., a shoe made of broom, Col. 6, 12, 3; 6, 15, 1; Pall. 1, 24, 2; id. Nov. 7, 6; Veg. 1, 26, 3 al.
spartĕus , a, um, adj. spartum,