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verticillus

verticillus · m

the whirl

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What it meant

vertĭcillus — Lewis & Short

vertĭcillus, i, m.id.,

I the whirl of a spindle, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; App. Herb. 9.

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uerticillus (scan p. 749; entry #12514).

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