lenticula

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

lentĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [2. lens], a lentil.

I Lit.: faba vel lenticula, Cels. 2, 18: hoc mense lenticulam seres, Pall. 3, 4.—

II Transf.

A The shape of a lentil, lentilshape , Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196.—

B A vessel shaped like a lentil : vasa fictilia (quas a similitudine lenticulas vocant), Cels. 2, 17, § 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 7, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1.—

C A freckly eruption, freckles , Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7: lenticulam tollunt galbanum et nitrum, Cels. 6, 5; cf. lentigo.

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