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pediculus1

pediculus1 · m

a little foot

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De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Naturalis Historia 24 · 0.61/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

1. pĕdīcŭlus — Lewis & Short

pĕdīcŭlus (pĕdīclus), i, m.dim.pes,

I a little foot.

I Lit.: pediculi octoni omnibus, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83: argentei, Dig. 34, 2, 33.—

II Transf., the foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf: pediculi Punicorum, Col. 12, 44, 2: uvarum, id. 12, 43, 1: pediculo brevi sunt folia oleae, Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 91: fungorum, id. 22, 23, 47, § 96.

2. pĕdīcŭlus — Lewis & Short

pĕdīcŭlus (pĕdūc-, pĕdunc-), i, m.dim.pedis,

I a louse: qui inter pilos palpebrarum pediculi nascuntur: id fqeiri/asin Graeci nominant, Cels. 6, 6, 15; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 121: ocimi cibus pediculos facit, id. 20, 12, 48, § 120; Col. 8, 7: pediculi terrae, another name for the scarabaei terrestres, Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39.—In the form peduculus: (marini), Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77; 32, 8, 28, § 89; Pelag. Vet. 7 med.; cf.: peduculus, fqei/r, Gloss. Philox.: pulex, cimex, peduculus, Not. Tir. p. 176.—Form pedunculus, Pelag. 1, 1.

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