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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.
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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    • Old Testament, Exodus, 2.3
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 4.1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 5
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