incerniculum

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καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

incernĭcŭlum: i, n. incerno,
I a sieve, searce, Cato, R. R. 13, 1; Lucil. ap. Non. 88, 26.—
II As a lit. transl. of the Gr. τηλία,> a square stand on which the Greek flourdealers set out flour, etc., for sale, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 175.