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hastīle (also astīle ), is, n. hasta,
I.the shaft of a spear or javelin.
I. Lit.: “ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,” Nep. Epam. 9: “hastili nixus,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: “missile telum hastili abiegno,” Liv. 21, 8, 10.—
II. Transf.
A. (Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. (poet.): “torquere hastilia lenta,” Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397: “curvatum,” Juv. 7, 127.—
B. In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard: “candelabri,” Vulg. Exod. 25, 31: “arcus,” Amm. 22, 8, 37.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 25.31
    • Cicero, For Rabirius on a Charge of Treason, 7.21
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.28
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.313
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.23
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.358
    • Cornelius Nepos, Epaminondas, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 8
    • Seneca, Phaedra, 397
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.12.1
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