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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cănīcŭla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. [[canis]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[small]] [[dog]] or [[bitch]], Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of a [[passionate]], [[quarrelsome]] [[woman]], Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Canis]] Minor, the [[lesser]] dogstar, in the [[mouth]] of the [[constellation]] [[Canis]], q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268: [[flagrans]], Hor. C. 3, 13, 9: flammans, Manil. 5, 207: rubra, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: [[sitiens]], Ov. A. A. 2, 231: insana, Pers. 3, 5: caniculae [[aestus]], Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.—Trop., of [[Diogenes]]: [[illa]] [[canicula]] [[Diogenes]], Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. [[capella]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of [[sea]]-[[dog]] (cf. [[canis]], II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[worst]] [[throw]] [[with]] [[dice]], the [[dog]] [[throw]]; opp. to [[Venus]] (v. [[canis]], II. C., and [[alea]]), Pers. 3, 49.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cănīcŭla</b>,¹³ æ, f., dim. de [[canis]], chien de mer (roussette) : Plin. 9, 151 ; 32, 79 &#124;&#124; [fig.] femme hargneuse : Pl. Curc. 598 &#124;&#124; la Canicule [constellation, auj. du Grand Chien] : Hor. O. 3, 13, 9 &#124;&#124; coup du chien [coup de dés malheureux] : Pers. 3, 49.||[fig.] femme hargneuse : Pl. Curc. 598||la Canicule [constellation, auj. du Grand Chien] : Hor. O. 3, 13, 9||coup du chien [coup de dés malheureux] : Pers. 3, 49.
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