linteolum

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

lintĕŏlum, i, n. dim. [linteum],

I a small linen cloth , Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46: rosae folia tusa in linteolo, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 106; 31, 9, 45, § 100; Vulg. Ezech. 30, 21.—

II Transf., a lamp-wick : ebrium, Prud. Cath. 5, 18.