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|lshtext=<b>trīcae</b>: ārum, f. acc. to Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104, orig. Trīca, ae, f., [[like]] [[Apina]], the [[name]] of a [[small]] [[town]] in [[Apulia]]; [[but]] cf. Sanscr. trkvan, [[thief]]; and Lat. [[tricor]], extricare, etc.; [[hence]], prov.,<br /><b>I</b> trifles, toys, [[trumpery]], [[stuff]], [[nonsense]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: sunt apinae tricaeque et siquid vilius istis, Mart. 14, 1, 7: Gri. Quid [[dare]] velis? Eloquere [[propere]]. La. Nummos trecentos. Gri. Tricas. La. Quadringentos. Gri. Tramas putridas, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 36.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., hinderances, vexations, perplexities, subterfuges, quirks, wiles, tricks: judicia, lites, turbas, tricas, Turp. ap. Non. 8, 26; cf.: [[quomodo]] [[illa]] ([[Tullia]]) fert publicam cladem, [[quomodo]] domesticas tricas! Cic. Att. 10, 8, 9: [[nihil]] mihi [[opus]] est litibus [[neque]] tricis, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 62; 5, 2, 18: quas tu mihi tricas narras? id. Curc. 5, 2, 15: [[quin]] tu istas mittis tricas, id. Most. 3, 1, 45; Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2; cf.: [[trico]], [[tricor]], and [[tricosus]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>trīcæ</b>,¹⁵ ārum, f.,<br /><b>1</b> bagatelles, sornettes, niaiseries : Pl. Rud. 1323 ; Most. 572 ; Mart. 14, 1, 7<br /><b>2</b> embarras, difficultés : Cic. Att. 10, 8, 9 ; Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2. sur l’étymol., cf. Plin. 3, 104 ; Non. 8, 15.
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