I.a vine, grapevine.
I. Lit., Plin. 14, 1, 2, § 9; Cic. Sen. 15, 52 sq.; Col. 3, 1 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Verg. E. 1, 74; 5, 32; id. G. 1, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 3; Ov. M. 8, 676.—
II. Transf.
2. A centurion's staff, made of a vine-branch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 19; Liv. Epit. 57; Tac. A. 1, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 527; Luc. 6, 146; Juv. 8, 247.— Hence,
b. By a second transf., the office of a centurion, centurionship, Juv 14, 193; Sil. 12, 395; 12, 465; 6, 43; Spart. Hadr. 10 med.—
B. For vinea, a military penthouse, mantlet, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. sub, p. 311 Müll. —
D. Vitis nigra, black bryony, Plin. 23, 1, 17, § 27.—
E. Vitis alba, the plant called also ampeloleuce, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21; Col. 10, 347.