Lewis & Short

lignĕus, a, um, adj. [lignum], of wood, wooden.

  1. I. Lit.: ponticulus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: turres, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: materia, wood, Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170: deus, Tib. 1, 11, 20: piscinas, Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123: Fabii Maximi oppida, Quint. 6, 3, 61: custodia, i. e. the stocks, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28: salus, written on wooden tablets, id. Ps. 1, 1, 45.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Like wood, woody: putamen, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: semen (arboris), id. 16, 26, 46, § 110.
    2. B. Like dry wood, dry: nervosa et lignea (appellatur) dorcas, Lucr. 4, 1161: conjux, Cat. 23, 6.