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scabellum

scabellum · n

A low stool

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Where it lives

Adversus Praxean 3 · 2.03/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Adversus Marcionem 3 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

scăbellum — Lewis & Short

scăbellum (scăbillum), i, n.dim.scamnum; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 12.

I A low stool, footstool, cricket, Varr. L. L. 5, 35, 46 fin.; Cato, R. R. 10, 4; Vulg. Psa. 98, 5; id. Isa. 66, 1.—

II Transf., an instrument of the nature of the castanet, played on by the foot, esp. used in dramatic representations, Cic. Cael. 27, 65; Suet. Calig. 54; Arn. 2, 73; Aug. Mus. 3 init.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scabellum (scan p. 621; entry #10223).

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