costa

costa, ae, f.,

• a rib, Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 82, § 207; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4 (135); Lucr. 5, 1297; Verg. G. 1, 273; id. A. 1, 211; Ov. H. 9, 111; Stat. Th. 2, 9; Mart. 9, 48, 10.—
• II Transf., a side, a wall: aheni, Verg. A. 7, 463: ratis, Pers. 6, 31; cf. navium, Plin. 13, 9, 19, § 63: corbium, id. 16, 18, 30, § 75.— Absol., Verg. A. 2, 16 al.

costa, ae, f. (viell. zu altbulgar. kostĭ), I) die Rippe, c. ima, media, summa, Cels.: costae breves tenuioresque, Cels.: costae aselli, Verg.: costā diffractā, Amm.: ita plagis costae callent, Plaut.: quem Manlius ab iugulo, ita ut per costas ferrum emineret, terrae affixit, Liv.: quod esurigo findebat costas, Varro fr.: recorrexit costas illius prima vindemia, die erste W. half ihm auf die Beine, Petron. 43, 3. – II) übtr., costae, die Rippen = die rippenartigen Seitenwände, aëni, Verg.: navium, Plin.

1 costa [CL], ~is, ~us 1 rib or rib-case (human); b (w. ref. to Gen. ii 21); c (animal). ~a, rib GlC C 845; Bier ‥, qui ideo ~a Ferrea vocabatur quia ‥ inermis in acie stans armorum vim ‥ sperneret illaesus W. Jum. I 5; Goemagog Corineum ‥ astringens fregit ei tres ~as, duas in dextero latere, unam ‥ in sinistro G. Mon. I 16; ~e et pectus cor et cetera spiritualia protegunt ‥ in modum clipei anterius Ric. Med. Anat. 222; passio sub costis indiget ejus [camomille] opus Neckam DS VII 110; 1294 iij de ~ibus suis fregerunt CourtR Ramsey 234 (cf. ib.: iij ~es); 1383 ymago [S. Oswaldi] ‥ cum ~a ejus inclusa in pectore ymaginis Ac. Durh. 426; hec casta ‥, hic ~us, rybbe WW.  b 968 (12c) de cujus dormientis latere cum subtractam ~am procreasset in feminam ‥ CS 1227; adde quod in costa protoplasti, respice tantum / partes corporeas, femina tota fuit Neckam DS IV 422.  c pyram ‥ succensam ‥ basiliscum ‥ scandere compellens, squamigeros [sic] ~arum crates ‥ prunis ‥ extorruit Aldh. VirgP 29; 1246 una pecia venacionis unius dame de ~a SelPlForest 96 (cf. ib. 82: [cervus] habuit unam plagam in sinistra ~a); c1410 (v. assare a); 1480 pro j ~a aprina vocata brawne Ac. Chamb. Cant. 135. 2 mid-rib of leaf. de ~a caulis excorticati vel ~a malve ‥ potest fieri suppositorium Gad. 6v. 2. 3 rib-like object of wood or metal: a rib (naut.), purlin or sim.. b bow of arblast or springald. c iron bar; cf. costera 2b. d rib or ridge (in metal-work). e doughrib, scraper. a c1228 de wrek requisitus, dicit quod ‥ vidit ‥ applicare quamdam ~am unius navicule et gubernaculum Feod. Durh. 279; 1374 dominus sustentabit stagnum, le forbay[molendini], faltrogh et ~as del faltrogh DL MinAc 507/8227 m.28 (cf. ib. m. 11: pro bordis attachiandis in ~is del faltrogh); j rodam de plaunchour ‥ attachiandam in ~is stagni ‥ pro petris in eodem retinendis ‥; petras cubandas prope ~as ‥ portarum [aquaticarum] et slowes (Ib. m.2) Doc. Leeds 112 (cf. (v. 4b infra)).  b 1226 pro xxj duzenna [sic] ~arum de if ad balistas faciendas Cl 119a; 1228 precium trium ~arum ad balistas, sc. vj d. Cl 89; 1298 in vij coustis de tour, iiij de ij pedibus et viij unius pedis ‥; in predictis ~is vernandis, iij lib. vernice (KR Ac 7/6) Doc. Scot. II 322; s1298 quidam [Wallicorum] arepta ~a sua ‥ in hostes ruit Chr. S. Edm. 68; 1301 ad faciendum balistas de xxiiij ~is pro arcubus balistarum aptis Pipe Chesh 208; 1302 vij ~as balist[arum] KR Ac 10/5 r.1d. (cf. Cal. Scot. II 1324); 1325 pro xl longis haspes cum iiijxx stapulis ad ~as spring[aldorum] Ib. 165/1 m.4.  c 1225 in viij bendis ferreis ad petrarias ligandas; in ij ~is ferri; et in ij circulis ferri ad turnos mangonellorum Cl 65a; 1465 j brandreth[= grid-iron] cum ~is ferreis Ac. Durh. 244.  d 1300 ciphi deaurati cum ~is ‥; ciphi deaurati plani operis ‥ KR Ac 357/10 r.3.  e dowrybbe, sarpa, ~a pastalis PP; ~a, A. a ryb, et est instrumentum pistoris, a rybbere; ~a pastalis, A. a doweryb ‥; hec ~a, A. a baksterys slomb; ‘pars lateris costa, res pistoris quoque costa’ WW. 4 a coast. b bank (of ditch). c side (of building). Cf. costera 3. a ~am Britannie profunditatis dimensione saltem lxxv cubitorum et maris nigredine comperimus Osb. Bawdsey cxlv; c1154 concessisse ‥ lestagia sua per totam ~am maris quieta (York) BBC 6; s1260 profecti sunt ad ~am maris Leg. Ant. Lond. 69; 1291 in possessione ~e maris ‥, que ~a olim domino de S. concessa fuerat RGasc III 5; 1315 in ~is nostris Bogii, Borni et Memisani Ib. IV 1438; s1295 per ~am Minoris Britannie versus Burdegalim remigarunt Flor. Hist. III 96; 1331 (v. costillagium).  b c1320 usque ad quendam lapidem jacentem in ~a illius syketi versus austrum Kelso 244.  c 1328 unam ~am unius grangie AncD A 3777; 1377 ad dexteram ~am ‥ aule tenebant principalem mensam barones V Portuum (Cl) Foed. VII 160a. 5 (geom.) side (of square). quodque est asimetra coste / in duo †quadratum [v. l. †quadranti; (?) l. quadrati] partita diametrus aut est / par impar numerus Hanv. III 154 p.280; que secat oblique quadratum linea costam / vincit Neckam DS X 153; in dictis disciplinabilibus, ut ‘diametrum esse ~e asymmetram’ Gros. 194; Bacon XIII 327 (v. 1 diameter 1); contradiccionem includens, sicut chimera vel commensurabilitas diametri quadrati et ~e Bradw. CD 210B. 6 stump of tree. Cf. 3 cotus, coxa. 1282 in bosco Radulfi de A. una ~a succisa et carbonata TR Forest Proc. 31 m.9.

2 costa v. 3 costus

costa, (12) æ, f. , côte : Cels. Med. 8, 1 ; Plin. 11, 207 || [fig.] côté, flanc : Virg. En. 8, 463.

costa , ae. f. et, v. costae
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costa ae,

• f, a rib: per costas eminere, L.: Tergora deripiunt costis, V.: laterum costas verberat, O.—Plur, a side, wall: aheni, V.