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tonsilla

tonsilla · f

A sharppointed pole which was stuck in the ground to fasten vessels to the shore

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 34 · 0.86/10k
De Medicina 6 · 0.59/10k

What it meant

tonsilla — Lewis & Short

tonsilla (tosilla), ae, f.

I A sharppointed pole which was stuck in the ground to fasten vessels to the shore, Pac. and Att. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Pac. Trag. Fragm. v. 218; Att. Trag. Fragm. v. 517 Rib.). —

II In plur.: tonsillae, ārum, f., the tonsils in the throat, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Cels. 6, 10; 7, 12, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tonsilla (scan p. 719; entry #11959).

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