struma

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

strūma, ae, f. [struo],

a scrofulous tumor , struma , Cels. 5, 28, 7; 1, 9 fin. ; Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 206; 22, 14, 16, § 38; 26, 5, 14, § 26 al.: qui exsecant pestem aliquam, tamquam strumam civitatis, Cic. Sest. 65, 135; cf. sarcastically: Vatinii strumam sacerdotii διβάφῳ vestiant, id. Att. 2, 9, 2.

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