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tendicula

tendicula · f

a little stretcher

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Where it lives

Pro A. Caecina 1 · 0.96/10k

What it meant

tendĭcŭla — Lewis & Short

tendĭcŭla, ae, f.dim.tendo,

I a little stretcher.

I Lit.: vestimenta tendiculis diducta, Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 2.—

II Trop. ( = fraus), a little snare, noose: aucupia verborum et litterarum tendiculae, Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: verborum tendiculas aucupemur, Ambros. de Fide, 3, 5, § 37; Vulg. Prov. 1, 11.

In the wild

tendiculas Cicero, Pro A. Caecina 65

Where it came from

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