carcinoma

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

carcĭnōma, ătis, n., = καρκίνωμα,

a cancerous ulcer (pure Lat. cancer), a cancer , Cato R. R. 157, 4; Cels. 5, 28, 2; Plin. 22, 13, 15, § 32 al.—As a term of reproach applied by Augustus to Julia and her son Agrippa, on account of their incorrigible wickedness, Suet. Aug. 65.

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