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Menander, Monostichoi, 236

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tendĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. tendo,
I a little stretcher.
I Lit.: vestimenta tendiculis diducta, Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 2.—
II Trop. ( = fraus), a little snare, noose: aucupia verborum et litterarum tendiculae, Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: verborum tendiculas aucupemur, Ambros. de Fide, 3, 5, § 37; Vulg. Prov. 1, 11.