membranula

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

membrānŭla, ae, f. dim. [membrana], a little skin or membrane.

I Lit.: membranula, quae sub cute calvariam cingit, Cels. 8, 4: oculi, membrane of the eye , id. 7, 7, 13. —

II Transf.

A A parchment : iisque imperes, ut sumant membranulam, Cic. Att. 4, 4, b, 1.—

B Plur., an instrument or document written on parchment : quae membranulis meā manu scriptis continebuntur, Dig. 32, 102 prooem.

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