1. ūtrĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short
ūtrĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.1. uter,
I a small skin or leathern bottle, Cels. 2, 17; App. M. 1, p. 108, 16.
The corpus record — Latin
utriculus1
utriculus1 · m
a small skin
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Where it lives
- Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
- Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
- Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
- De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
What it meant
2. ū^trĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short
ū^trĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.uterus.
I Lit., in gen., the belly, abdomen, of bees, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31.—
B Esp., a little womb or matrix, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; 30, 14, 43, § 124.—
II Transf., of plants, a bud or calycle of a flower, a hull or husk of grain, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; 18, 11, 29, § 115.
In the wild
- utriculos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.12
- utriculis Petronius, Satyricon 36
- utriculus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p45
- utriculos Celsus, De Medicina 4.6
- utriculo Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.13
- utriculis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.25.p1
6 of 8 attestations shown.
Where it came from
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