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lingulaca

Comm., a gossip, chatterbox

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Where it lives

Casina 2 · 2.58/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

lingŭlāca — Lewis & Short

lingŭlāca, aelingula.

I Comm., a gossip, chatterbox: ea (uxor) lingulaca est nobis: numquam tacet, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62: lingulacae obtrectatores, Varr. ap. Non. 26, 18; Gell. 1, 15.—

II Fem.

A A kind of fish, a sole, Varr. L. L. 5, § 77; Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.—

B A plant (perhaps Ranunculus lingua, Linn.), the marsh crowfoot, Plin. 25, 11, 84, § 133.

Where it came from

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