stud (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A kind of fasteningII. Collection of horses1. ĕquāria (herd of horses)2. equĭtium (= preced.3. usu. better expr. by phr. • stud (subs.): I. A kind of fastening: perh. clāvus, clāvŭlus: v. nail. II. Collection of horses: 1. ĕquāria (herd of horses): Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. fin. 2. equĭtium (= preced.: rare): Ulp. Dig. 6, 1, 1. 3. usu. better expr. by phr.: to keep a s., equos pascere; genus equinum educare; equinum pecus alere: cf. Col. 6, 27: to have a s. of thoroughbreds, *magnum numerum generosorum equorum alere.
stud (v.) Copy link • stud (v.): chiefly in p. part., studded: distinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to adorn, set off; as with jewels, etc.): the sky s.'d with stars, coelum astris distinctum [et ornatum], Cic. N. D. 2, 37, fin. In sim. sense, coelum stellis fulgentibus aptum, Virg. Aen. 11, 202. Studded may also be expr. by crēber: robes s.'d with jewels, *creber gemmis ornatus.
STUD Copy link • STUDA nail with a large head, clavus. l| Button, *orbiculus or *fibula. A collection of horses and mares, equaria (Varr.): equitium (Pand.).