Spado \Spa"do\, n.; pl. {Spadones}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. Same as {Spade}, 2. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) An impotent person. [1913 Webster]
SPADONES, civil law. Those who, on account of their temperament, or some accident they have suffered, are unable to procreate. Inst. 1, 11, 9; Dig. 1, 7, 2, 1; and vide Impotence.