I.full of coarse hairs or bristles, bristly, setous (mostly poet.; cf.: “villosus, pilosus): aper,” Verg. E. 7, 29; cf.: “setosa membra (of the sailors of Ulysses, transformed into swine by Circe),” Hor. Epod. 17, 15: “aures tauri,” Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181: “frons,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 61; cf. “pectus,” Cels. 2, 8: “verbera,” made of goats' hair, Prop. 4, 1, 25.
saetōsus (sēt- ), a, um, adj. saeta,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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