mentagra

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

mentā̆gra, ae, f. [mentum - ἄγρα, formed after pod-agra; lit., chin-disease],

an eruption, tetter on the chin (i. q. lichen, q. v.), Plin. 26, 1, 2, § 2.

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