sirpeus

scirpĕus ( sirp- ), a, um [scirpus].

I.

Adj., of rushes, rush-:

ratis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: clava, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. scirpus, p. 330 Müll.: simulacra, i. e. images of men made of rushes, which were thrown into the Tiber annually, Ov. F. 5, 622 (v. Argei);

also imago,

id. ib. 5, 659: fila, a rush-wick of wax tapers, Prud. Cath. 5, 15:

fiscella,

Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.—

II.

Subst.: scirpĕa ( sirp- ), ae, f., a basket-work of rushes to form the body of a wagon (generally used for carrying manure), Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Ov. F. 6, 680; Just. 43, 4, 6; Arn. 2, n. 38.