sucula

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. perh. root σεύω,> to drive,
I a kind of machine for drawing or lifting, a winch, windlass, capstan, Cato, R. R. 19, 2; Vitr. 10, 2; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 126; of a wine- or oil-press, Cato, R. R. 12; 18, 2; Dig. 19, 2, 19.
sŭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. sus,
I a little pig, only in paronom. with 1. sucula, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 126.
sŭcŭla: ae, f. cf. ὕω,> to rain, mostly <number opt="n">plur.</number> suculae,
I the constellation Hyades, a transl. of the Gr. ὑάδες,> Tiro ap. Gell. 13, 9, 4; Plin. 2, 39, 39, § 106: nostri a similitudine cognominis Graeci propter sues impositum arbitrantes imperitiā appellavere suculas, id. 18, 26, 66, § 247; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Col. 2, 2, 4; 2, 2, 34; 2, 2, 36; 2, 2, 89.