Definition of hispidus
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LNS
hispidus, hispida, hispidum
hispidus
adjective (2-1-2)
  1. rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly
Abbreviations
hispidus, a, um, adj., rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly. 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 Nereidum 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.

—* Trop.: agrestis auris ac hispida, i. e. rude, insensible, Gell. 10, 3, 15.
 
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