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|lshtext=<b>follĭcŭlus</b>: i, m.<br /> [[dim]]. [[follis]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]] [[bag]] or [[sack]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: folliculis [[frumentum]] vehere, Liv. 9, 13, 9: [[quidam]] judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei [[statim]] ... os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.—Of a [[matricide]]: [[statim]] folliculo lupino os obvolutum est, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. (cf. [[follis]], I. B.), a [[ball]] to [[play]] [[with]], [[inflated]] [[with]] [[air]]; a [[wind]]-[[ball]] (cf.: [[pila]], [[globus]], [[sphaera]]): [[post]] bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit, Suet. Aug. 83.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[husk]], [[pod]], [[shell]], [[skin]], follicle: latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire, Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3: [[gluma]] est grani [[folliculus]], Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: cum [[spica]] se exserit folliculo, Sen. Ep. 124, 11. —So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65: [[folliculus]] animalium, id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: [[muliebris]], i. q. [[vulva]], acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.—Poet., the [[shell]] of an [[egg]]: teretes (cicadarum), Lucr. 5, 803; and of the [[human]] [[body]], as the [[husk]] or [[shell]] of the [[soul]]: ego, si qui [[sum]] et quo folliculo [[sum]] [[indutus]], [[queo]], Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., as med. t. t. ([[late]] Lat.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A sac: ventris, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[bladder]], Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[scrotum]], Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106; called in [[full]], folliculum genitale, id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

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|georg=folliculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. [[follis]]), [[ein]] kleiner lederner [[Sack]], -[[Schlauch]], I) eig.: A) im allg., Cic. u. Liv.: [[lupinus]], [[Schlauch]] aus [[einer]] Wolfshaut, in den [[Vater]]- u. [[Muttermörder]] hineingesteckt wurden, Cornif. rhet. – B) insbes.: 1) der Ballon, Windball, im Ggstz. zu [[pila]], Suet. Aug. 83. – 2) der [[Blasebalg]], [[artis]] aerariae, [[aerarius]], Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 154 u. 156. – 3) [[als]] [[spät]]. mediz. t. t.: a) übh.: ventris [[atque]] intestinorum folliculi, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 154. – b) die Urinblase, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 4, 3, 24. Apic. 9, 412. – c) der Hodensack, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 165; de morb. chron. 3, 8, 106: vollst. [[folliculus]] [[genitalis]], Cael. Aur. de morb. chron 3, 8, 104. – II) übtr., die [[Hülse]], der [[Balg]], die [[Haut]] der Getreidekörner, Hülsenfrüchte, Scriptt. r. r., Sen. u.a.: [[antequam]] ([[flos]]) de folliculo exeat, aufbricht, Col. – v. [[Körper]], die [[Hülle]] der [[Seele]], Lucil. 622.

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