capillamentum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

căpillāmentum, i, n. [capillus].

I The hair , collect., Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38; esp. false hair , a peruke , Suet. Calig. 11; Petr. 110, 5, Tert. Cult. Fem. 7.—

II Transf.

A The hairy threads or fibres of the roots or leaves of plants , etc.: capillamenta vitis, Sen. Ep. 86, 20: seminum, Col. 4, 11, 1; 4, 22, 4: radicum, Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 99; 27, 12, 80, § 105.—

B Hair-like streaks on precious stones : rimae simile, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28; 37, 5, 18, § 68.