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Latin
Etymology
spīca + -eus
Adjective
spīceus (feminine spīcea, neuter spīceum); first/second-declension adjective
- consisting of ears of corn
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “spiceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spiceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spiceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.