lentĭcŭla

ae, f.

2. lens

I. a lentil.
I. Lit.: faba vel lenticula, Cels. 2, 18: hoc mense lenticulam seres, Pall. 3, 4.—
II. Transf.
A. The shape of a lentil, lentilshape, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196.—
B. A vessel shaped like a lentil: vasa fictilia (quas a similitudine lenticulas vocant), Cels. 2, 17, § 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 7, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1.—
C. A freckly eruption, freckles, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7: lenticulam tollunt galbanum et nitrum, Cels. 6, 5; cf. lentigo.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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