praeputium
From LSJ
λέγεται δὲ καὶ κλῶνας αὐτῆς θύραις ἢ θυρίσι προστεθέντας ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κακουργίας → its branches attached to doors or windows are said to repel the evil of spells
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-pūtĭum: ii, n. vox hibr., praeπόσθιον>,
I the foreskin, prepuce.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, Juv. 6, 238; 14, 99; Sen. Apoc. 8, 1; Vulg. Gen. 17, 11; 14.—
II Trop.: circumcidite praeputium cordis vestri, do away with impurity, Laet. 4, 17, 8; Vulg. Jer. 4, 4.
III Transf., the retaining of the prepuce, uncircumcision, Vulg. Gal. 5, 6; id. Eph. 2, 11.
