petimen

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

pĕtĭmen, ĭnis, n., perh.

a sore on the shoulder of beasts of burden or draught (ante-class.): petimina in umeris jumentorum ulcera: eo nomine autem et inter duos armos suis quod est aut pectus solitum appellari, testatur Naevius, Fest. p. 209 Müll.; cf.: petimina in umeris jumentorum ulcera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 208 ib.