vermĭcŭlus
vermĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. vermis, a little worm, grub, in decaying things. Lit., Lucr. 2, 899; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186: in linguā canum, id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Transf. A disease of dogs which drives them mad, Grat. Cyn. 386.— In the Vulgate, the scarlet worm, for coccum (scarlet color), Vulg. Exod. 35, 25; cf. Hier. Ep. 64, 19: VERMICVLVM STRAVERVNT, Inscr. Orell. 4240; Inscr. Murat. p. 114, 2.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
vermĭcŭlus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
vermiculus
Intro Text:
vermĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. vermis, a little worm, grub, in decaying things. Lit., Lucr. 2, 899; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186: in linguā canum, id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Transf. A disease of dogs which drives them mad, Grat. Cyn. 386.— In the Vulgate, the scarlet worm, for coccum (scarlet color), Vulg. Exod. 35, 25; cf. Hier. Ep. 64, 19: VERMICVLVM STRAVERVNT, Inscr. Orell. 4240; Inscr. Murat. p. 114, 2.
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