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ventriculus

ventriculus · n

the belly

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
De Medicina 6 · 0.59/10k
Naturalis Historia 11 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

ventrĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short

ventrĭcŭlus (collat. form ventrĭ-cŭlum, i, n., i, m.dim.venter,

Cassiod. in Psa. 150, 5),

I the belly.

I Lit., Aug. ap. Suet. Vit. Aug.; Juv. 3, 97.—

II Transf.

A The stomach, Cels. 4, 1, 12; 5, 26, 16; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—

B Cordis, a ventricle of the heart, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138.

In the wild

ventriculus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.4.p4
ventriculo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.8.p1
ventriculo Celsus, De Medicina 4.1.p5
Ventriculus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p41
ventriculus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.12.p3
ventriculo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.8.p5

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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