I.smeared with birdlime: virgae, limed twigs.
B. Transf.: omnia viscatis manibus leget, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 332, 30; 396, 4.—
II. Trop.: “viscata beneficia devitare,” i.e. entangling, Sen. Ep. 8, 3: “munera,” i.e. for which one expects a good return, Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 2.