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arvina

arvina, grease, fat, lard

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

arvīna, ae, f.: grease, tallow, 7.627.

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Arvinam Noun: feminine accusative singular of arvina

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arvīna, ae, f.
  • 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.

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