I.the stalk or stem of a plant: “brassicae,” Cato, R. R. 157, 2: “cepae,” Col. 11, 3, 21 and 58: “fabarum,” Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 120 et saep.: “dictamni,” Verg. A. 12, 413.—Of the vine, the tendrils, Cato, R. R. 33, 4; Col. 4, 7, 2.—B κατ̓ ἐξοχήν, a cabbage-stalk, a cabbage, colewort, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Hor. S. 1, 3, 116; 2, 4, 15; 2, 2, 62; 2, 3, 125; Col 10, 369; 12, 7, 5; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 240.—
II. Of things of a similar form.
A. Pennae, a quill Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 228.—
B. The stem or bony part of an ox' s tail, Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265.—
C. In insects, a tube by which eggs are deposited, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101.—
D. = membrum virile, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 399, 1: “(coles),” Cels. 6, 18, 2; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 413.