folliculus

Latin > English

folliculus folliculi N M :: bag or sack; pod; shell; follicule (Cal)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

follĭcŭlus: i, m.
dim. follis,
I a small bag or sack.
I Lit.
   A In gen.: folliculis frumentum vehere, Liv. 9, 13, 9: quidam judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei statim ... os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.—Of a matricide: statim folliculo lupino os obvolutum est, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—
   B Esp. (cf. follis, I. B.), a ball to play with, inflated with air; a wind-ball (cf.: pila, globus, sphaera): post bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit, Suet. Aug. 83.—
II Transf.
   A In gen., a husk, pod, shell, skin, follicle: latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire, Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3: gluma est grani folliculus, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: cum spica se exserit folliculo, Sen. Ep. 124, 11. —So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65: folliculus animalium, id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: muliebris, i. q. vulva, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.—Poet., the shell of an egg: teretes (cicadarum), Lucr. 5, 803; and of the human body, as the husk or shell of the soul: ego, si qui sum et quo folliculo sum indutus, queo, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.—
   B Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).
   1    A sac: ventris, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—
   2    The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—
   3    The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106; called in full, folliculum genitale, id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

follĭcŭlus,¹⁴ ī, m., petit sac (de cuir) : Cic. Inv. 2, 149 ; Liv. 9, 13, 9 || balle, ballon [jeu] : Suet. Aug. 83 || enveloppe (du grain, des légumes, des fruits), balle, gousse, péricarpe, etc. : Varro R. 1, 48, 1 ; Plin. 24, 49 ; Sen. Nat. 5, 18, 3 ; fourreau de l’épi : Sen. Ep. 124, 11 (hoc nondum est in herba lactente nec cum folliculo se exerit spica mollis) || enveloppe de larve : Lucr. 5, 803 || membrane de l’estomac, des intestins, etc... : C. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

folliculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. follis), ein kleiner lederner Sack, -Schlauch, I) eig.: A) im allg., Cic. u. Liv.: lupinus, Schlauch aus einer Wolfshaut, in den Vater- u. Muttermörder hineingesteckt wurden, Cornif. rhet. – B) insbes.: 1) der Ballon, Windball, im Ggstz. zu pila, Suet. Aug. 83. – 2) der Blasebalg, artis aerariae, aerarius, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 154 u. 156. – 3) als spät. mediz. t. t.: a) übh.: ventris atque intestinorum folliculi, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 154. – b) die Urinblase, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 4, 3, 24. Apic. 9, 412. – c) der Hodensack, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 165; de morb. chron. 3, 8, 106: vollst. folliculus genitalis, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron 3, 8, 104. – II) übtr., die Hülse, der Balg, die Haut der Getreidekörner, Hülsenfrüchte, Scriptt. r. r., Sen. u.a.: antequam (flos) de folliculo exeat, aufbricht, Col. – v. Körper, die Hülle der Seele, Lucil. 622.

Latin > Chinese

folliculus, i. m. (follis.) :: 小皮袋。皮彈。豆殼。果皮。皮膚