hispĭdus — Lewis & Short
hispĭdus, a, um, adj.,
I rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly.
I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
syn. v. hirtus): facies,Hor. C. 4, 10, 5; cf.
frons,Verg. A. 10, 210:
membra,Juv. 2, 11:
corpus Nereïdum squamis,Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 9:
mater (of a shegoat with young),Mart. 3, 58, 37:
herba,Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17: agri, i. e. dirty, foul with rain, = squalidi, Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:
Eurus procellis,Val. Fl. 1, 612.—Poet., per hypallagen:
sic hispida turpes Proelia villosis ineunt complexibus ursi,Stat. Th. 6, 868.—*
II Trop.:
agrestis auris ac hispida,i. e. rude, insensible, Gell. 10, 3, 15.