spartum
spartum, Spanish broom, esparto (of which mats, nets, and ropes were made)
spartum (-ton), i, n., = σπάρτον,
- a plant originally growing in Spain, of which ropes, mats, nets, etc., were made (still called in Spain esparto), Spanish broom: Stipa tenacissima, Linn.; Plin. 19, 2, 7, § 26; 24, 9, 40, § 65; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; id. R. R. 1, 23, 6; Liv. 22, 20.—
- II Transf., a rope made of broom, Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 46; 35, 11, 40, § 137.
spartum, s. sparton.
nomina arborum: ‥ ~us,þyfel
~us, virgosus frutex, asper et sine foliis
carex frutex est similis ~o, et ~us similiter frutex est
in emptione ‥ spertorum et heirarum et picis ‥ ad galias
spartum (16) (-ŏn), ī, n. (σπάρτον), ¶ 1 sparte [sorte de jonc] : Plin. 19, 26 ¶ 2 corde en sparte : Cato Agr. 135, 3 ; Plin. 28, 46.
- 1. vedergras;
- 2. touw of koord van vedergras.
spartum or sparton ī, n
- , σπάρτον, Spanish broom, esparto (of which mats, nets, and ropes were made), L.