Costa, costæ, f. g. Virg.A ribbe.Costæ nauium. Plin. The sides of shippes.Costæ aheni.Virg.The sides of a caudron.Tergora diripere costis.Virg.To slea of the skinne.Ruptæ costæ.Virg. Fricat aibore costas. Virg.Ensis transabijt costas. Star. The sworde went through both his sides.-ensis adactus Transadigit costas.Virg.Vellera exuta costis leonis.Ouid.Onerare costas aselli.Virg.
Costum, vel Costus, Herbæ genus. Plin. Commõly called Cocus, & Herba Mariæ. It hath but one stalke halfe a cubite high, and leaues like Betonie but thinner.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
costa, ae, f., a rib, Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 82, 207; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1297; Verg. G. 1, 273; id. A. 1, 211; Ov. H. 9, 111; Stat. Th. 2, 9; Mart. 9, 48, 10.—II.Transf., a side, a wall: aheni, Verg. A. 7, 463: ratis, Pers. 6, 31; cf. navium, Plin. 13, 9, 19, 63: corbium, id. 16, 18, 30, 75.— Absol., Verg. A. 2, 16 al.
costum, i, n. (access. form, like the Greek, costŏs, i, f., Luc. 9, 917), = ko/stos, an Oriental aromatic plant: Costus Arabicus, Linn.; Plin. 12, 12, 25, 41; Ov. M. 10, 308; Hor. C. 3, 1, 44 al.; freq. used in the preparation of costly unguents, Plin. 13, 1, 2, 15 sq.; 13, 1, 2, 18; in offerings, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 5; for the preservation of fruits, Col. 12, 20, 5 al.