noun

arvīna

gen. arvīnae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

Grease; fat; suet

Grease, fat, suet, lard.

In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum…

In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—

especially

Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15;…

Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—

Of a person: de latere ejus arvina dependet, Vulg. Job, 15, 27.— •

Of a person: de latere ejus arvina dependet, Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—

Greasiness; fatness

Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—

a surname of the dictator

Arvīna, a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.

Perseus ID: n3848 Key: arvina