Lewis & Short

† spondylus (sphond-), i, m., = σπόνδυλος (σφόνδυλος).

  1. I. A joint of the spine, a vertebra, spondyle, Plin. 29, 4, 20, § 67; 32, 10, 38, § 116; Veg. Vet. 6, 1, 1.
  2. II. The hard white or muscle of an oyster or other bivalve, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60; 32, 11, 54, § 154.
  3. III. A kind of muscle: Spondylus gaederopus, Linn.; Metell. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9; Mart. 7, 20, 14; Sen. Ep. 95, 26 and 28; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151.