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membrānŭla , ae, f. dim. id.,
I.a little skin or membrane.
I. Lit.: “membranula, quae sub cute calvariam cingit,” Cels. 8, 4: “oculi,” membrane of the eye, 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.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.4
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.4
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.7
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