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tentĭpellĭum

tentĭpellĭum · n

that which stretches out a skin

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What it meant

tentĭpellĭum — Lewis & Short

tentĭpellĭum, ii, n.tendo-pellis,

I that which stretches out a skin or hide, a hidestretcher, leather-stretcher.

I Lit.: tentipellium Artorius putat esse calceamentum ferratum, quo pelles extenduntur, indeque Afranium dixisse in Promo. pro manibus credo habere ego illos tentipellium, Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf. Mart. 9, 73, 1. — *

II Transf.: Titinnium ait Verrius existimare id (sc. tentipellium) medicamentum esse, quo rugae extenduntur, cum dicat: tentipellium inducitur, rugae in ore extenduntur, cum ille tropikw=s dixerit, Fest. p. 364 Müll.

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