tomaculum

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γέλως ἄκαιρος κλαυμάτων παραίτιος → ill-timed laughter causes tears (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tŏmācŭlum: or, contr., tŏmā-clum, i, n. τομή,> a cutting in pieces,
I a kind of sausage, probably similar to our brain- or liver-sausage, Juv. 10, 355; Mart. 1, 42, 9; Petr. 31 fin.; 39 fin.;
v. the preced. art., and cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 193 (2d edit.).