adjective
viscātus
Meaning
- smeared with birdlime
viscātus, a, um, Part. [id.],
I. smeared with birdlime: virgae, limed twigs.
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vīscātus adj.
viscum, smeared with birdlime: virgae, limed twigs, O.: alae, O.