noun

vallus

gen. valli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

cf. Gr. ἧλος, nail

a stake; pale

a stake, pale.

In gen. (rare).

For supporting vines, Verg. G. 1, 264; 2, 25.—

A pole set with teeth and fastened to a cart, pushed forwards by oxen placed… •

A pole set with teeth and fastened to a cart, pushed forwards by oxen placed behind; used by the Gauls for cutting grain, Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296 (in Pall. 7, 2, called vehiculum).—

a stake; palisade ••

Esp., in milit. lang., a stake, palisade, used for intrenchment (freq. and class.): qui labor, quantus agminis; ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria ... ferre vallum, etc., Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37: Scipio Africanus militem cottidie in opere habuit et triginta dierum frumentum, ad septenos vallos ferre cogebat, Liv. Epit. 57: virgulta vallo caedendo, id. 25, 36, 5: vallum cae dere et parare jubet, id. 33, 5, 4: vallum secum ferente milite, id. 33, 6, 1: quo qui intraverant, se ipsi acutissimis vallis induebant: hos cippos appellabant, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.—

by extension

a rampart set with palisades

Collect. for vallum, a rampart set with palisades, Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3; Tib. 1, 10, 9.—

a point; spike •

In gen., a point, spike: pectinis, a tooth, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 15.

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