sarculum
From LSJ
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος → that pollution never wears out, that pollution can never grow old
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sarcŭlum: i, n. (
I masc. collat. form, acc. plur., sarculos, Pall. 1, 43, 3) sario = sarrio, an implement for loosening the soil, weeding, etc., a light hoe (cf.: ligo, pastinum), Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 155, 1; Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Muüll.; Col. 2, 11, 10; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 79 (Jahn, sacculo); 19, 6, 33, § 109; Ov. M. 11, 36; id. F. 1, 699; Hor. C. 1, 1, 11; Vulg. Isa. 7, 25.
