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viscātus

smeared with birdlime

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What it meant

viscātus — Lewis & Short

viscātus, a, um,

Part. [id.],

I smeared with birdlime: virgae, limed twigs.

I Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 7; Ov. M. 15, 474: alae, id. A. A. 1, 391.—

B Transf.: omnia viscatis manibus leget, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 332, 30; 396, 4.—

II Trop.: viscata beneficia devitare, i.e. entangling, Sen. Ep. 8, 3: munera, i.e. for which one expects a good return, Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 2.

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