trichila

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

trĭchĭla, ae, f.,

a bower , arbor , summer-house , Verg. Copa, 7; Col. poët. 10, 378; 10, 394; Inscr. Orell. 4517; Caes. B. C. 3, 96 (al. triclinia).—Also, in a contr. collat. form ‡ trĭcla , ae, f., Inscr. Orell. 2909: ‡ trĭ-clĕa , ae, ib. 4337; and ‡ trĭclĭa , ae, ib. 4456.; ‡ trĭchĭnus , a, um, adj., = τρίχινος (of hair; transf.), slight , meagre , poor : quaestus (opp. uber), Varr. ap. Non. 181, 10.

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