spīculum ī, n dim.
spicum,
a little sharp point, sting
: spicula caeca relinquunt (apes), V.:
Curva (of scorpions), O.: crabronum, O.—Of a missile,
a point
: tum denique sibi avelli iubet spiculum: Hastarum
spicula, O.: bipalme, L.—
A pointed missile, dart, arrow, javelin
: quos spiculo possent attingere,
with a javelin
: torquere Cydonia cornu Spicula,
arrows
, V.