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nĕcўdălus

nĕcўdălus · m

the larva of the silk-worm

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What it meant

nĕcўdălus — Lewis & Short

nĕcўdălus, i, m., = neku/dalos (deathlike),

I the larva of the silk-worm, in the stage of metamorphosis preceding that in which it receives the name of bombyx: primum eruca fit, deinde, quod vocatur bombylius, ex eo necydalus, ex hoc in sex mensibus bombyx, Plin. 11, 22, 26, § 76 (acc. to Aristot. H. A. 5, 19, ka/mph, bombu/lios, neku/dalos, bombu/kion).

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