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glandulae

glandulae · f

The glands of the throat

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 2 · 1.28/10k
De Medicina 4 · 0.39/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

glandŭlae — Lewis & Short

glandŭlae, ārum, f.dim.id.; lit., a little acorn; hence, transf..

I The glands of the throat, called also tonsillae: in ipsis cervicibus glandulae positae sunt, quae interdum cum dolore intumescunt, Cels. 4, 1. —

B Swollen glands in the neck, enlarged tonsils, Cels. 2, 1 fin.; 8, 4.—

II I. q. glandium, the neck-piece, delicate bits, esp. of pork, Mart. 3, 82, 21; 7, 20, 4; Apic. 4, 1, § 117.

In the wild

glandulas Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 4.173
glandulae Celsus, De Medicina 4.1.p2
glandulas Martial, Epigrammata 7.20.4
glandulae Celsus, De Medicina 5.28.p7
glandulae Celsus, De Medicina 2.1.p9
glandulas Martial, Epigrammata 3.82.20

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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