pistillum
From LSJ
ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς → easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pistillum: i, n., and pistillus, i, m.,
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).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pistillum,¹⁶ ī, n., et -llus, ī, m., pilon : Pl. Aul. 95 ; Col. Rust. 12, 57 ; Plin. 34, 169.
Latin > German (Georges)
pīstillum, ī, n. od. pīstillus, ī, m. (pinso), der kleinere Stempel zum Stampfen, die kleinere Mörserkeule, Reibekeule, Plaut. aul. 95. Nov. com. 59. Colum. 12, 57, 1. Plin. 34, 169.
