centunculus
From LSJ
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
centuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. 1. cento.
I A small patch or patchwork, Sen. Ep. 80, 8; App. M. 1, p. 104 al.—
B Esp., a partycolored saddle-cloth, Liv. 7, 14, 7 Weissenb. —
II A plant, bind-weed, knotweed: Polygonum convolvulus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 15, 88, § 138; as fem., id. 26, 11, 66, § 105.
