pēnĭcillum

I. A painter's brush or pencil: caudam antiqui penem vocabant, ex quo est propter similitudinem penicillus, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Or. 22, 74; Quint. 2, 21, 24: setae e penicillis tectoriis, Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 63.—

B. Transf.

1. Painting. Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 60.—

2. Style of composition: modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis, penicillo meo, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2.—

II. A roll of lint, a tent, for wounds, etc., Cels. 2, 10; 7, 7, 6; Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 113.—

III. A small sponge, Col. 12, 18; Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148.—

IV. A kind of eye-salve, Inscr. Tōchon, Cachets des Ocul. pp. 66 and 71.