vēsīca (in MSS. often vensīca or vessīca), ae, f., the bladder in the body of animals, the urinary bladder.
I Lit., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 18; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 96; Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65; Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Petr. 27; Ap. Met. 1, 13, 24.—
II Transf.
A Any thing made of bladder , e. g. a purse , cap , lantern , foot-ball , etc., Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 2; Ov. M. 15, 304; Mart. 8, 33, 19; 8, 14, 62: faciem laxis vesicis inligant, as a kind of mask to exclude poisonous particles , Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; Sen. Q. N. 2, 27, 2; Cels. 3, 21; 3, 27, 2.—
B A bladder-like tumor , blister , Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 51.—
C = pudendum muliebre, Juv. 1, 39; 6, 64.—
III Trop., inflation of language, bombast , = tumor, Mart. 4, 49, 7.