cănīcŭla
cănīcŭla, ae, f. dim. canis. A small dog or bitch, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.—Hence, Trop., of a passionate, quarrelsome woman, Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.— Transf. Canis Minor, the lesser dogstar, in the mouth of the constellation Canis, q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268: flagrans, Hor. C. 3, 13, 9: flammans, Manil. 5, 207: rubra, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: sitiens, Ov. A. A. 2, 231: insana, Pers. 3, 5: caniculae aestus, Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.—Trop., of Diogenes: illa canicula Diogenes, Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. capella.— A kind of sea-dog (cf. canis, II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.— The worst throw with dice, the dog throw; opp. to Venus (v. canis, II. C., and alea), Pers. 3, 49.
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cănīcŭla
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canicula
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cănīcŭla, ae, f. dim. canis. A small dog or bitch, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.—Hence, Trop., of a passionate, quarrelsome woman, Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.— Transf. Canis Minor, the lesser dogstar, in the mouth of the constellation Canis, q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268: flagrans, Hor. C. 3, 13, 9: flammans, Manil. 5, 207: rubra, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: sitiens, Ov. A. A. 2, 231: insana, Pers. 3, 5: caniculae aestus, Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.—Trop., of Diogenes: illa canicula Diogenes, Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. capella.— A kind of sea-dog (cf. canis, II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.— The worst throw with dice, the dog throw; opp. to Venus (v. canis, II. C., and alea), Pers. 3, 49.
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