curculio

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

curcŭlĭo (gurgŭlĭo, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 9 Ritschl, Fleck.; Pall. 1, 19, 2; id. Jun. 3; also in some MSS. of the authors cited infra), ōnis, m. [kindr. with circulus, circus],

I a corn-worm, weevil , Cato R. R. 92; Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 63; Col. 1, 6, 15 sq.; Plin. 18, 11, 73, § 302; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 186. —

B Form gurgulio = membrum virile, Pers. 4, 38.—

II Curcŭlĭo , the name of a comedy of Plautus .

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