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συκοφάντης ἐστὶν ἐν πόλει λύκος (τοῖς πέλας λύκος) → Calumniator, quemquem novit, huic lupus'st → Der Denunziant lebt in der Stadt gleichsam als Wolf (ist seinen Nachbarn wie ein Wolf)

Menander, Monostichoi, 440

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pēnĭcŭlāmentum: i, n. peniculus.
I A tail, train, Arn. 5, 163 (11).—
II Transf., a train of a garment (ante-class.): pendent peniculamenta unum ad quemque pedum, Enn. Ann. ap. Non. 149, 32 (Ann. v. 363 Vahl.); Lucil. and Caecil. ap. Non. 149, 33, and 150, 3.