Hástula, hástulæ, f. g. pen. cor. Diminutiunm. A little speare: a iauelin.Hastula regia, Herba. Plinius. The hearbe Aspodelus, looke there.Hastâtus. pen. prod. Adiect. Hastati. Varro. Speare men, or sonldiours with pikes in the forefront of the battails.Acies hastata.Tacit.A front or aray of pikes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
hastŭla, ae, f.dim. [id.]. I.A little spear, Fronto de Or. 1 med.—II.Transf.A.A little branch, Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2.—B. Hastula regia, a plant, called also asphodelus, asphodel, Plin. 21, 17, 68, 109; App. Herb. 32.