scalpellum

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

scalpellum, i, n. (collat. form scal-pellus, i, m., Cels. 2, 10 twice), dim. [scalprum],

a small surgical knife , a scalpel , a lancet : scalpellum adhibere, Cic. Sest. 65, 135; id. Div. 2, 46, 96; Col. 6, 32, 3; Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 110; Veg. Vet. 1, 26, 2; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 4: scribae, a penknife , Vulg. Jer. 36, 23.

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