I.a louse: qui inter pilos palpebrarum pediculi nascuntur: id φθειρίασιν Graeci nominant, Cels. 6, 6, 15; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 121: “ocimi cibus pediculos facit,” id. 20, 12, 48, § 120; Col. 8, 7: pediculi terrae, another name for the scarabaei terrestres, Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39.—In the form peduculus: “(marini),” Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77; 32, 8, 28, § 89; Pelag. Vet. 7 med.; cf.: peduculus, φθείρ, Gloss. Philox.: “pulex, cimex, peduculus,” Not. Tir. p. 176.—Form pedunculus, Pelag. 1, 1.
pĕdīcŭlus (pĕdūc-, pĕdunc- ), i, m. dim. pedis,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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