digitulus

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

dĭgĭtŭlus, i, m. dim. [digitus],

I a little finger , Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 24; Ter. Eun. 284; Varr. ap. Non. 135, 24: aniculae collum digitulis duobus oblidere, Cic. Scaur. Fragm. § 10 al.—

II Transf., of the parrot's foot, a toe , Ap. Flor. 2, p. 349; of the claw of a crab, Varr. Sat. Men. 9, 1 Oehler (Riese, digitis).

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