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Hasdrŭbal (Asdr-), ălis, m.,

  1. I. a Punic name. The most celebrated are,
      1. 1. Son of Mago, the founder of the power of Carthage, Just. 19, 1.
      2. 2. Son of Hanno, who fought in Sicilia during the first Punic war, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125.
      3. 3. The son-inlaw of Hamilcar Barcas, Nep. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 21, 1 sq.
      4. 4. The son of Hamilcar Barcas, brother of Hannibal, defeated B. C. 207 at the Metaurus, Liv. 27, 18 sq.; 49 sq.; Nep. Hann. 3, 3; Cat. 1, 2; Hor. C. 4, 4, 38; 72; Ov. F. 6, 770.
      5. 5. Son of Gisco, third Carthaginian general in Hispania, Liv. 24, 41; 28, 1; 12 sq.
      6. 6. A general against Masinissa, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91; Liv. Epit. 51; Val. Max. 3, 2 ext. 8 al.
  2. II. Deriv.: Hasdrŭbălĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to one Hasdrubal: funus, Sid. Ep. 1, 5.

hasta (asta), ae, f. [Sanscr. hastas, hand; cf. Gr. root χαδ- in χανδάνω, pre-hendo], a spear (syn.: hastile, dolo, gaesum, sarisa, sparus, lancea, pilum, spiculum, telum, etc.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Most freq. as a military weapon, a lance, pike, javelin (cf. Becker’s Antiq. III. 2, p. 242 sq.): nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur, Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum transit, striderat hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P. (Ann. v. 365 Vahl.): Hastati spargunt hastas, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ib.): evelli jussit eam, qua erat transfixus, hastam, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97: amentatus hastas torquebit, id. de Or. 1, 57, 242; cf. id. Brut. 78, 271; id. Top. 17, 65: hastas vibrare, id. de Or. 2, 80, 325: jactare, id. ib. 2, 78, 316: dirigere in aliquem, Ov. M. 8, 66: contendere, to hurl, Verg. A. 10, 521: protendere aut colligere, Tac. A. 2, 21 al.
      As a symbol of war, sent in making a declaration of the same, Gell. 10, 27, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll., and thrown into the enemy’s territory, Liv 1, 32 fin.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 53: pura, i. e. without iron, given to brave soldiers as a mark of distinction, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 102; Suet. Claud. 28; Inscr. Orell. 3457; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 760, and Fest. l. l.
      As the symbol of legal ownership: festuca uti quasi hastae loco, signo quodam justi dominii, Gai Inst. 4, 16.
      1. 2. Transf., beyond the milit. sphere: jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas, i. e. has lost his courage, Cic. Mur. 21, 45.
    2. B. A spear stuck in the ground at public auctions or where the tribunals of the cenlumviri were held (orig. as a sign of booty gained in battle or of magisterial authority): est enim ausus (Sulla) dicere, hasta posita, cum bona in foro venderet et bonorum virorum et locupletium et certe civium praedam se suam vendere, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; cf.: hastam in foro ponere et bona civium voci subicere praeconis, id. ib. 2, 23, 83: hasta posita pro aede Jovis Statoris, bona voci acerbissimae subjecta praeconis, id. Phil. 2, 26, 64: quos non illa inflnita hasta satiavit, id. ib. 4, 4, 9: emptio ab hasta, id. Att. 12, 3, 2: comitibus eorum sub hasta venditis, Liv. 23, 38, 7: municipia Italiae splendidissima sub hasta venierunt, Flor. 3, 21, 27: just hastae, Tac. A. 13, 28: cum censores se jam locationibus abstinerent, convenere ad eos, qui hastae hujus generis assueverant, Liv. 24, 18, 10; as a badge of dignity: hunc miratur adhuc centum gravis hasta virorum, Mart. 7, 63, 7.
      Hence, transf., the centumviral court: ut centumviralem hastam, quam quaestura functi consuerant cogere, decemviri cogerent, Suet. Aug. 36 fin.
    3. C. A little spear with which a bride’s hair was parted into locks, Ov. F. 2, 560.
    4. D. A spear, as a gymnastic weapon, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 38; 3, 3, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 73.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of the form of a comet: jubae effigies mutata in hasta est. Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.
    2. B. I. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 45, 1.

hastārĭum, ii, n. [hasta, I. B.], an auction-catalogue, Tert. Ap. 13; id. ad Nat. 1, 10.

‡ hastārĭus, a, um, adj. [hasta, I. B.],

  1. I. of or belonging to the spear: censio, Paul. ex Fest. 54, 12.
  2. II. Of or belonging to auctions, auction-: PRAETOR, Inscr. Grut. 379, 7.

hastātus, a, um, adj. [hasta, I. A.], armed with a spear.

  1. I. In gen. (very rare): Bellona, Stat. Th. 2, 718: prima utcumque acies hastata: ceteris praeusta aut brevia tela, Tac. A. 2, 14: currum decem milia hastatorum sequebantur, Curt. 3, 3, 10; 4, 15, 7.
  2. II. In partic., milit. t. t.: hastāti, ōrum, m., the first line of a Roman army drawn up in order of battle (behind them were the Principes and Triarii): hastati dicti qui primi hastis pugnabant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.: hastati spargunt hastas, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 Vahl.); so Liv. 8, 8, 6; 22, 5; Veg. Mil. 1, 20 al.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.
    The hastati were divided into ten ordines (companies), Ov. F. 3, 128.
    Hence,
    1. B. Transf.: primus, secundus, etc., ordo hastatus, and more freq. absol.: primus, secundus, etc., hastatus, the first, second, etc., company of hastati: in eo exercitu miles gregarius fui: tertio anno virtutis causa, mihi T. Quintius decimum ordinem hastatum assignavit, i. e. made me captain of the tenth (last) company, Liv. 42, 34, 5: cum signifer primi hastati signum non posset movere loco, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 67: signifer secundi hastati, Liv. 26, 5 fin.
      Hence, transf.,
      1. 2. (Ellipt. for centurio ordinis hastati primus, secundus, etc., hastatus.) The captain of the first, second, etc., company, Veg. Mil. 2, 8: Q. Fulginius ex primo hastato, late first centurio (i. e. who had been discharged as first centurio, and then served as evocatus), Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 4.
        1. b. Κατ’ ἐξοχήν, hastatus, i, m., the captain of the first company, Flor. 1, 18; Inscr. Orell. 3455.

hastīle (also astīle), is, n. [hasta], the shaft of a spear or javelin.

  1. I. Lit.: ferrum, quod ex hastili in corpore remanserat, Nep. Epam. 9: hastili nixus, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: missile telum hastili abiegno, Liv. 21, 8, 10.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. (Pars pro toto.) A spear, javelin, in gen. (poet.): torquere hastilia lenta, Ov. M. 8, 28; Verg. A. 1, 313; 5, 557; 12, 489; Sen. Hippol. 397: curvatum, Juv. 7, 127.
    2. B. In gen., a piece of wood in the form of a shaft (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). So of branches, Verg. A. 3, 23; of poles, props, id. G. 2, 358; Col. 4, 12, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; the standard: candelabri, Vulg. Exod. 25, 31: arcus, Amm. 22, 8, 37.

hastŭla, ae, f. dim. [hasta].

  1. I. A little spear, Fronto de Or. 1 med.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A little branch, Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2.
    2. B. Hastula regia, a plant, called also asphodelus, asphodel, Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 109; App. Herb. 32.