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terricula

terricula · n

means of exciting terror

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Where it lives

Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k

What it meant

terrĭcŭla — Lewis & Short

terrĭcŭla, ōrum, n. (collat. form ter-rĭcŭla, ae, f.) [terreo],

I means of exciting terror, a fright, scarecrow, bugbear (very rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

(a) Neutr.: proinde ista haec tua aufer terricula, Att. ap. Non. 227, 31 (Trag. Fragm. v. 324, 623): nullis minis, nullis terriculis se motos, Liv. 34, 11, 7: sine tribuniciae potestatis terriculis, id. 5, 9, 7.—

(b) Fem. (ante- and post-class.): pertimuistis cassam terriculam adversari, Afran. ap. Non. 352, 26 (Com. Fragm. v. 270 Rib.): terriculas tyrannicae potestatis profligare, Lact. Mort. Persec. 16 med.: omnes terriculae suppliciorum, Min. Fel. Oct. 37.

In the wild

terriculas Minucius Felix, Octavius 37.5

Where it came from

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