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capillatura

capillatura · f

the being hairy

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Where it lives

De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

căpillātūra — Lewis & Short

căpillātūra, ae, f.id., prop.,

I the being hairy; and then per meton., the hair; esp. false hair (post-Aug.), Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190; Tert. Cult. Fem. 7; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 35; id. Acut. 1, 4, 79; 2, 9, 41.—

II Transf., the hair-like streaks in precious stones, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.

In the wild

capillaturae Tertullian, De Cultu Feminarum 2.7
capillaturam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.11.p3

Where it came from

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