plectrum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

plēctrum ī, n

, πλῆκτρον, a stick for playing on a stringed instrument, quill, plectrum: plectri similem linguam dicere: plectra movere, O.— A lyre, lute: sonans plenius aureo plectro, H.: leviore plectro, i. e. in lighter verse, H.: gravius, O.

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