arvīna
ae, f.
I.
Grease, fat, suet, lard.
A.
In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—
B.
Esp.
a.
Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—
b.
Of a person: de latere ejus arvina dependet, Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—
II.
Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—
III.
Arvīna, a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.