Sparta, tæ, or Sparte, tes, The chiefe citie of Lacedemonia: It was also called Lacedemou, and Theramne. *Spartam nactus es, hanc orna.A prouerbe, signifying, the estate or office which thou hast, or der or applie it well.
Spartum, sparti, siue Spartium, n. g. Plin. A kinde of broome whereof they vsed to make bondes to tie vynes, or to make cables and ropes for shippes.Sparto fiebant funes nautici.Liu.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Sparta, ae (Gr. acc. Sparten, Ov. M. 10, 170), f., = *spa/rth. I.The famous capital of Laconia, more usually called Lacedaemon, near the mod. Mistra, Plin. 4, 5, 8, 16; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 50; 3, 3, 53; Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43; 2, 33, 58; id. tusc. 2, 14, 34; id. Off. 2, 22, 77; Verg. A. 2, 577 al.—Poet. collat. form Spartē, ēs, f., Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 1; Ov. M. 6, 414; 10, 170; 10, 217 al.— In Greek form, Cicero, in allusion to Euripides, has the word twice proverbially: *spa/rtan e)/laxes, tau/tan ko/smei, i. e. Sparta is your country, make the most of it, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 20, 3.—Hence, A. Spartānus, a, um, adj., Spartan (mostly poet. for the class. Lacedaemonius): Hermione, Prop. 1, 4, 6: virgo, Verg. A. 1, 316: gens, Ov. M. 3, 208: lex, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 21: disciplina, Liv. 38, 17: canes, Luc. 4, 441: discus, Mart. 14, 164: saxum,
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, id. 1, 56, 5; Curt. 10, 10, 14; Petr. 105; Val. Max. 2, 6, 1; 4, 6, ext. 3; Sen. Suas. 2, 16.— Subst.: Spartānus, i, m., a Spartan (mostly poet. and post-Aug.), Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 3 al.—Plur., Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Tac. A. 2, 60; 3, 26; Curt. 7, 19, 39; Just. 2, 11; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 153.— B. Spartĭātĭcus, a, um, adj., Spartan: res, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 9. — C. Spartĭăcus, a, um, adj., Spartan: Taenaros, App. M. 1, p. 102, 25.— D. Spartĭcus, a, um, adj., Spartan: myrtus, Verg. Cul. 398 Sill. N. cr.—E. Spar-tĭātes, ae, m., a Spartan, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 2, 15, 36; 2, 16, 37; 5, 27, 77; id. Div. 1, 34, 76.—II.Transf., Greece, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 9.
spartum (-ton), i, n., = spa/rton, a plant originally growing in Spain, of which ropes, mats, nets, etc., were made (still called in Spain esparto), Spanish broom: Stipa tenacissima, Linn.; Plin. 19, 2, 7, 26; 24, 9, 40, 65; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; id. R. R. 1, 23, 6; Liv. 22, 20.—II.Transf., a rope made of broom, Plin. 28, 4, 11, 46; 35, 11, 40, 137.