vermiculus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vermĭcŭlus: i, m.
dim. vermis,
I a little worm, grub, in decaying things.
I Lit., Lucr. 2, 899; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186: in linguā canum, id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.—
II Transf.
   A A disease of dogs which drives them mad, Grat. Cyn. 386.—
   B In the Vulgate, the scarlet worm, for coccum (scarlet color), Vulg. Exod. 35, 25; cf. Hier. Ep. 64, 19: VERMICVLVM STRAVERVNT, Inscr. Orell. 4240; Inscr. Murat. p. 114, 2.