tunicula

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

tŭnĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [tunica].

I A little tunic , Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 65; Turp. ap. Non. 538, 10; Varr. ib. 228, 27.—

II A little coat , skin , or membrane : oculorum, Plin. 26, 12, 76, § 123; 29, 6, 38, § 124: stellionis, id. 30, 10, 27, § 88: hordei, Fest. s. v. gluma, p. 98 Müll.