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arvīna , ae, f.
I. Grease, fat, suet, lard.
A. In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—
B. Esp.
a. Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—
b. Of a person: “de latere ejus arvina dependet,” Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—
II. Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—
III. Arvīna , a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 3.15
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.627
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 29.22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 38
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