pedicularis

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

pĕdīcŭlāris, e, adj. [pediculus],

of or belonging to lice , pedicular : herba pedicularis, lousewort (so called because it kills lice), Col. 6, 30, 8; v. 1. pedicularius: morbus, the lousy distemper , phthiriasis , Serv. Verg. G. 3, 564.