lignĕus, a, um, adj. [lignum], of wood, wooden. I. Lit.: ponticulus
, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: turres
, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: materia
, wood
, Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170: deus
, Tib. 1, 11, 20: piscinas
, Plin. 34, 12, 32, 123: Fabii Maximi oppida
, Quint. 6, 3, 61: custodia
, i. e. the stocks
, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28: salus
, written on wooden tablets
, id. Ps. 1, 1, 45.—II. Transf. A. Like wood, woody: putamen
, Plin. 15, 22, 24, 86: semen (arboris)
, id. 16, 26, 46, 110.—B. Like dry wood, dry: nervosa et lignea (appellatur) dorcas
, Lucr. 4, 1161: conjux
, Cat. 23, 6.