pecten

pecten inis, m

PEC-, a comb (for the hair): deducit pectine crines, O.: digitis inter se pectine iunctis, i. e. interlocked , O.— The reed, sley (of a loom): arguto percurrens pectine telas, V.— A comb, card, heckle (for wool), Iu.— A rake : pectine verrit humum, O.— An instrument for striking the strings of the lyre : eburnus, V., Iu.: Dum canimus sacras alterno pectine Nonas, i. e. in distiches , O.— A kind of shell-fish, scallop , H.