I.a pounder, pestle of a mortar, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17: “semen sinapis in mortarium conicito et pistillis conterito,” Col. 12, 55; Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169: pistillum grande est, Auct. ap. Non. 221, 5 (yet pastillum appears to be the more correct reading).
pistillum , i, n., and pistillus , i, m.,
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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