cănīcŭla — Lewis & Short
cănīcŭla, ae, f.dim.canis.
I A small dog or bitch, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.—Hence,
B Trop., of a passionate, quarrelsome woman, Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.—
II Transf.
A Canis Minor, the lesser dogstar, in the mouth of the constellation Canis, q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268:
flagrans,Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:
flammans,Manil. 5, 207:
rubra,Hor. S. 2, 5, 39:
sitiens,Ov. A. A. 2, 231:
insana,Pers. 3, 5:
caniculae aestus,Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.—Trop., of Diogenes:
illa canicula Diogenes,Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. capella.—
B A kind of sea-dog (cf. canis, II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.—
C The worst throw with dice, the dog throw; opp. to Venus (v. canis, II. C., and alea), Pers. 3, 49.