thorn Copy link Outline 1. spīna2. sentis, is, m. (once f. in Ov.3. ăcŭleus (a point4. hămus (a hook)5. special varieties of t. • thorn: 1. spīna: may the earth cover the tomb with t.s, terra obducat spinis sepulcrum, Prop. 4, 5, 1: to plant t.s to make a hedge, s. sepis causa serere, Plin. 17, 10, 11: Tac. Virg.: the hawthorn, s. Gallica, after Plin. 16, 18, 30: dimin., spinŭla, Arn. Fig.: to pluck out t.s from the mind, s. animo evellere, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4: v. cares: cf. also Sen. Ep. 4, 5, "s. et aspera": in Cic. it denotes rather difficulties or subtleties. 2. sentis, is, m. (once f. in Ov.: a t., brier, bramble): Caes. B. G. 2, 17. 3. ăcŭleus (a point: hence of a single t.): v. prickle: all the t.s and stings of domestic anxiety, domesticarum sollicitudinum omnes et scrupuli, Cic. Att. 1, 18. 4. hămus (a hook): Ov. de Nuce, 115. 5. special varieties of t.: spinus, prunus silvestris: v. blackthorn: paliurus, v. christ's-thorn; rhamnus, v. buckthorn, etc. Phr.: I am a t. in your side, stimulus ego sum tibi, Pl. Cas. 2, 6, 8: he begs you to pluck out the t. from him which pricks and torments him, scrupulum qui se stimulat ac pungit ut evellatis postulat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: a rose without t.s, hereditas sine sacris, Pl. Capt. 4, 1, 8.