pectino

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

pectĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pecten], to comb, card, heckle.

I Lit.: caudae setas, Ap. Met. 6, 28, 16.—

II Transf., to harrow : segetem, Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 186.— Hence, pectĭnātus , a, um, P. a., combed , i. e. sloped two ways like a comb : pectenatum (so, not written pectinatum) tectum dicitur a similitudine pectinis in duas partes devexum, ut testudinatum in quatuor, Fest. p. 212 and 213 Müll.