hasta ae, f
1 HAS-,
a staff, rod, pole
: gramineae,
reeds of bamboo
: foliis intexere hastas,
the thyrsus
, V.: foliis praesuta, O.:
pura, i. e.
without a head
, V.—
A spear, lance, pike, javelin
: eminus hastis uti: evelli iussit hastam: iactare:
contendere,
to hurl
, V.: versā iuvencum Terga fatigamus
hastā, i. e.
use as a goad
, V.: hastam in fines emittere (as a declaration
of war), L.—
A spear set up as the sign of a public auction
(orig. of booty taken in war): praedae partem sub hastā vendidit,
L.: hastā positā, cum bona
venderet hastā positā pro aede: emptio ab hastā:
comiti bus sub hastā venditis, L.: qui hastae huius gene ris adsueverant, i. e.
to a public bidding for con tracts
, L.: ius hastae,
of auctions
, Ta.—
A littl spear
(an ornament in the hair): recurva, O.— Fig.,
plur: abiecit hastas, i. e.
lost courage
.
