astile

hastīle (also astīle ), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.

I.

Lit.:

ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat,

Nep. Epam. 9:

hastili nixus,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

missile telum hastili abiegno,

Liv. 21, 8, 10.—

II.

Transf.

A.

(Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. ( poet. ):

torquere hastilia lenta,

Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397:

curvatum,

Juv. 7, 127.—

B.

In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard:

candelabri,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 31:

arcus,

Amm. 22, 8, 37.