I.of wood, wooden.
I. Lit.: “ponticulus,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: “turres,” Caes. B. C. 3, 9: “materia,” wood, Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170: “deus,” Tib. 1, 11, 20: “piscinas,” Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123: “Fabii Maximi oppida,” Quint. 6, 3, 61: “custodia,” i. e. the stocks, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28: “salus,” written on wooden tablets, id. Ps. 1, 1, 45.—
II. Transf.
B. Like dry wood, dry: “nervosa et lignea (appellatur) dorcas,” Lucr. 4, 1161: “conjux,” Cat. 23, 6.
