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cĕrătĭna

cĕrătĭna · f

the sophistical argument concerning horns

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What it meant

cĕrătĭna — Lewis & Short

cĕrătĭna, ae, f., = kerati/na,

I the sophistical argument concerning horns (quod non perdidisti habes; cornua non perdidisti: habes igitur cornua, Gell. 18, 2, 8; cf. Sen. Ep. 45, 7), Quint. 1, 10, 5 Spald.; Front. Eloq. p. 86 Nieb.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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