1. hărundo — Lewis & Short
hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog.
Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.;I v. infra), ĭnis, f. etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq..
I Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf.
also: culmus, calamus, stipula),Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.:
intus medullam sabuci (habent) ... inanitatem harundines,id. 13, 22, 42, § 122:
longa parvae sub arundine cannae,Ov. M. 8, 337:
fluvialis,Verg. G. 2, 414;
used for covering or thatching huts and houses,Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3;
esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae,Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.:
teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere,Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.:
arundo vento agitata,Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24:
arundinem quassatam non confringet,ib. Matt. 12, 20. —
II Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.
A A fishing-rod:
hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5:
haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces,Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.:
hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit,Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—
B Limed twigs for catching birds:
parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt,Petr. 40, 6:
volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit,id. 109, 7:
cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu,Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin:
aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda,id. 9, 54, 3 id.:
ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos,Sil. 7, 674:
harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—
C A wreath or crown made of reeds;
as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa,Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.;
v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo,Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.;
of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines,Ov. M. 9, 3:
subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas,Val. Fl. 1, 218:
(Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine,Vell. Pat. 2, 83;
and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo,Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333:
velatus harundine glauca Mincius,Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—
D The shaft of an arrow:
quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum,Ov. M. 1, 471:
pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi,Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow:
inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem,Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526;
11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo,Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—
E A pen:
neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos,Mart. 1, 3, 10:
inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo,Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus:
Cnidia,Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and:
Acidalia,Mart. 9, 14, 3.—
F A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = su/rigc (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding):
junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat,Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.;
11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam,Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.:
compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen,id. Cul. 100:
nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos,Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—
G A flute (made of the ka/lamos au)lhtiko/s, Theophr. 4, 12):
Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena,Ov. M. 6, 384.—
H A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place:
stamen secernit arundo,Ov. M. 6, 55.—
K A reed for brushing down cobwebs:
ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—
L A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained:
jugorum genera fere quatuor, ... harundo, ut in Arpino,Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—
M A rod (for beating, punishing):
ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit,Petr. 134.—
N Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.—
O A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.—
P A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child's plaything:
equitare in harundine longa,Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.:
non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est,Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.