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vesticeps

bearded

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Where it lives

De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

vestĭceps — Lewis & Short

vestĭceps, cĭpisvestis-capio, that has got the first covering of the chin, opp. investis,

I bearded, arrived at puberty, manly, virile (post-class.).

I Lit.: arrogari non potest nisi jam vesticeps, Gell. 5, 19, 7; Tert. Anim. 56; Aus. Idyll. 4, 73.—*

II Transf., immoral, corrupt (opp. investis, innocent), App. Mag. p. 336, 7.

In the wild

vesticeps Tertullian, De Anima 56
vesticeps Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.19.7

Where it came from

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