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scirpĭcŭlus

scirpĭcŭlus

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What it meant

scirpĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short

scirpĭcŭlus (sirp- and surp-), a, umid..

I Adj., of or made of rushes. So with falces (their use is unknown), Cato, R. R. 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; id. L. L. 5, § 137 Müll.: fiscella, Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.—More freq.,
II Subst.: scirpĭcŭlus (sirp-, surp-), i, m., a basket made of rushes, a rush-basket: surpiculi olerorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 490, 24; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Col. poët. 10, 305; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 40. piscarii, wears, weels, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 36.

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