geniculus

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κοιλία καὶ πολλὰ χωρεῖ κὠλίγα → Ut multa venter accipit, sic paucula → Der Bauch fasst wenig, aber ebenso auch viel

Menander, Monostichoi, 226

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gĕnĭcŭlus: i, m.
dim. genu, a little knee, transf., in arch.,
I an angular bend where two pipes are joined together, a knee, Vitr. 8, 7.