membrānŭla

ae, f.

id.

I. a little skin or membrane.
I. Lit.: membranula, quae sub cute calvariam cingit, Cels. 8, 4: oculi, id. 7, 7, 13. —
II. Transf.
A. A parchment: iisque imperes, ut sumant membranulam, Cic. Att. 4, 4, b, 1.—
B. Plur., an instrument or document written on parchment: quae membranulis meā manu scriptis continebuntur, Dig. 32, 102 prooem.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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