mentŭla — Lewis & Short
mentŭla, ae, f., i. q. membrum virile,
Cat. 20, 18, 21; 29, 14; 115, 8 et saep.; Mart. 6, 23, 2.The corpus record — Latin
mentula
mentula · f
i. q. membrum virile, Cat. 20, 18, 21; 29, 14; 115, 8 et saep.; Mart. 6, 23, 2
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Where it lives
- Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 73.8/10k
- Epigrammata 49 · 8.71/10k
- Carmina 8 · 6.22/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- mentula Catullus, Carmina lyrics.29.13
- mentula Martial, Epigrammata 12.97.7
- mentulas Catullus, Carmina lyrics.37.3
- mentula Martial, Epigrammata 11.58.11
- mentula Martial, Epigrammata 1.35.5
- mentula Martial, Epigrammata 3.91.12
6 of 59 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. mentula (scan p. 422; entry #6777).
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