panus
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pānus: i, m., = πῆνος>, Dor. πᾶνος,
I the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle.
I Lit.: intus modo stet rectus subteminis panus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 3 fin., and ap. Non. 149, 24; cf.: panus tramae involucrum, quem diminutive panuclam vocamus, Non. l. l.—
II Transf.
A A swelling, tumor: tumor quoque inguinum ex formae similitudine sic (sc. panus) vocatur, Non. 149, 24; Novat. ap. Non. 149, 28; Afran. ib. 25: panos aperit sevum pecudum, Plin. 30, 8, 22, § 75; 24, 11, 58, § 97; 35, 17, 57, § 195: viscum panos mitigat, id. 24, 4, 6, § 11.—
B An ear of millet, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 54.
