sod
sod
subs.
P. and V. πόα, ἡ ; see grass.
Meadow: P. and V. λειμών, ὁ.
subs.
P. and V. πόα, ἡ ; see grass.
Meadow: P. and V. λειμών, ὁ.
SOD
caespes (gleba = a clod). To cover a roof with sods *caespite tegere or contegere.
caespes (gleba = a clod). To cover a roof with sods *caespite tegere or contegere.
sod: a green turf: caespes (also cespes), ĭtis, m.: used for altars, mounds (of tombs), for covering hovels, etc. araque gramineo viridis de caespite fiat, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 9: Virg. Aen. 3 304: to lay s., c. ponere, Tac.: to pile up s.s, congerere, aggerere, id.: cf. tugurî congestum caespite culmen, Virg. Aen. 1, 69. (N.B.--Not gleba, which is a mass of earth without roots.)