pittacium

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε → but you, stop now and catch your breath | but do thou now stand, and get thy breath

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pittăcĭum: ĭi, n., = πιττάκιον.
I A little leaf or slip of parchment, etc.; a ticket, label, on wine-bottles, etc.: amphorae vitreae, quarum in cervicibus pittacia erant affixa cum hoc titulo: Falernum Opimianum Annorum Centum, Petr. 34; so id. 56; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21 fin.; Cod. Th. 7, 4, 11.—
II A small piece of linen or leather spread with salve, a plaster, Cels. 3, 10, 2.—
III A patch on a garment or shoe: calceamenta pittaciis consuta, Vulg. Josh. 9, 5.

pittăcĭum,¹⁵ ĭī, n. (πιττάκιον), morceau de cuir ou de parchemin ; étiquette d’un vase : Petr. 34, 6