lingulaca

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

lingŭlāca, ae [lingula].

I Comm., a gossip, chatterbox : ea (uxor) lingulaca est nobis: numquam tacet, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62: lingulacae obtrectatores, Varr. ap. Non. 26, 18; Gell. 1, 15.—

II Fem.

A A kind of fish, a sole , Varr. L. L. 5, § 77; Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.—

B A plant (perhaps Ranunculus lingua, Linn.), the marsh crowfoot , Plin. 25, 11, 84, § 133.