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spici-|ˈspaɪsɪ|
combining form of L. spīca ear of corn, spike n.1, occurring in a few words, as spiˈciferous a. [L. spīcifer] (see quot.). ˈspiciform a., having the form of a (flower-) spike. ˈspicilege, ‖ spiciˈlegium, † spicilegy [L. spīcilegium], a gleaning; a collection or anthology.
Mayne Expos. Lex. (1859) also gives spiciferous, spici-florous, spici-gerous as renderings of mod.L. formations.
1656Blount Glossogr., *Spiciferous, that beareth ears of corn. [Hence in Phillips and Bailey.]
1836Penny Cycl. VI. 401/1 Verticillated either round some foreign body or under the form of *spiciform branches. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 194 Heads purplish or white,..in a spiciform panicle.
1837Landor Pentameron ii. Wks. 1853 II. 322/2 Yet we may almost make out in quantity, and quite in quality, our *spicilege from Virgil himself.
1846G. S. Faber Lett. Tractar. Secess. 91, I shall exhibit some specimens of the process,..a *spicilegium only. 1859Archaeol. Cant. II. 221 Which shall be, as it were, a ‘Spicilegium’, a gathering up of fragments.
1656Blount Glossogr., *Spicilegy, gathering ears of corn, gleaning or leising corn. |