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parotis

parotis · f

a tumor near the ears

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Where it lives

De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 7 · 0.18/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

părōtis — Lewis & Short

părōtis, ĭdis, f., = parwti/s,

I a tumor near the ears, a parotis: parotidas tollere, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 229: parotidas reprimere, id. 20, 9, 36, § 95: comprimere, id. 28, 11, 48, § 177: cohibere, id. 35, 17, 57, § 195: discutere, id. 20, 15, 59, § 167: lenire, id. 28, 7, 23, § 82: sanare, id. 20, 1, 2, § 4.—In sing., Plin. 24, 5, 10, § 15 (in Cels. 5, 18, 18; 6, 16, written as Greek).—

II Transf., a bracket or console of a hyperthyrum, Vitr. 4, 6, 4.

In the wild

parotides Celsus, De Medicina 6.16
parotidum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.25.p19
parotides Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.7.p3
parotidi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.5.p2
parotides Vitruvius, De Architectura 4.6.4.p1
parotidibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.13

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