capsula

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

capsŭla, ae, f. dim. [capsa],

a small box or chest , Fab. Pictor. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 14; Cat. 68, 36; Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 102.—Hence, homo de capsulā, one who is excessively neat , nice : juvenes barbā et comā nitidi, de capsulā toti, quite from the bandbox , Sen. Ep. 115, 2.

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