pediculus

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

pĕdīcŭlus (pĕdīclus), i, m. dim. [pes], a little foot.

I Lit.: pediculi octoni omnibus, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83: argentei, Dig. 34, 2, 33.—

II Transf., the foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf: pediculi Punicorum, Col. 12, 44, 2: uvarum, id. 12, 43, 1: pediculo brevi sunt folia oleae, Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 91: fungorum, id. 22, 23, 47, § 96.

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