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caespes (not cēspes), itis, m

caedo, a turf, cut sod: non esse arma caespites, neque glaebas. —For an altar: vivus, H.: Dis focos de caespite poinit, O.: ara e caespite facta, Ta.: Sepulcrum caespes erigit, Ta.A cot, hut, hovel: spernere caespitem, H.A bed (of plants): uno tollit de caespite silvam, V.A grassy field, green field, turf: de caespite virgo Se levat, O.

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