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.