lenticula
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Latin > English
lenticula lenticulae N F :: lentil (plant/seed); lentil shape (convexo-convex)/lens-shaped vessel; freckle
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lentĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. 2. lens,
I a lentil.
I Lit.: faba vel lenticula, Cels. 2, 18: hoc mense lenticulam seres, Pall. 3, 4.—
II Transf.
A The shape of a lentil, lentilshape, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196.—
B A vessel shaped like a lentil: vasa fictilia (quas a similitudine lenticulas vocant), Cels. 2, 17, § 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 7, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1.—
C A freckly eruption, freckles, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7: lenticulam tollunt galbanum et nitrum, Cels. 6, 5; cf. lentigo.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lentĭcŭla, æ, f., dim. de lens 2, lentille [plante] : Pall. 3, 4 || lentille [graine] : Cels. Med. 2, 18 || petit vase à huile [en forme de lentille] : Cels. Med. 2, 17, 25 ; Vulg. Reg. 1, 10, 1 || pl., lentilles, taches de rousseur : Cels. Med. 6, 5 ; Plin. 26, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
lenticula, ae, f. (Demin. v. 2. lens), I) die Linse, Cels. 2, 18. p. 65, 3 D. Scrib. Larg. 234. Pallad. 3, 4. Veget. mul. 3, 6, 6. Augustin. serm. 208, 1. – II) übtr.: 1) die Linsengestalt einer Sache, Plin. 37, 196 (Nbf. lentecula). – 2) ein linsenförmiges Gefäß, Cels. 2, 17. p. 63, 31 D. Ambros. de off. 3, 5, 34. Isid. orig. 20, 7, 4: lent. olei, Ölkrug, Vulg. 1. regg. 10, 1; 4. regg. 9, 1 u. 3. – 3) die Sommersprosse, Cels. 6, 5.
