follĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short
follĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.follis,
I a small bag or sack.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
folliculis frumentum vehere,Liv. 9, 13, 9:
quidam judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei statim ... os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum,Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.—Of a matricide:
statim folliculo lupino os obvolutum est,Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—
B Esp. (cf. follis, I. B.), a ball to play with, inflated with air; a wind-ball (cf.:
pila, globus, sphaera): post bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit,Suet. Aug. 83.—
II Transf.
A In gen., a husk, pod, shell, skin, follicle:
latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire,Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3:
gluma est grani folliculus,Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1:
cum spica se exserit folliculo,Sen. Ep. 124, 11. —So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65:
folliculus animalium,id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: muliebris, i. q. vulva, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.—Poet., the shell of an egg:
teretes (cicadarum),Lucr. 5, 803; and of the human body, as the husk or shell of the soul: ego, si qui sum et quo folliculo sum indutus, queo, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.—
B Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).
1 A sac:
ventris,Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—
2 The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—
3 The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106;
called in full, folliculum genitale,id. ib. 3, 8, 104.