culcitella

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

culcĭtella, ae, f. dim. [culcita],

a little cushion or mattress , transf. in mal. part., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 14; cf.: sponda interior regiae lecticae, Suet. Caes. 49.