noun

fĭdĭcŭlae

gen. fĭdĭcŭlārum · gender feminine

and rarely , (syncop. fidicla, Prud. στεφ. 10, 481; 550), dim. 2. fides

a small stringed instrument; a small lute; cithern

a small stringed instrument, a small lute or cithern.

In gen.: quid si platani fidiculas ferrent numerose sonantes, Cic. N. D. 2, 8,… •

In gen.: quid si platani fidiculas ferrent numerose sonantes, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22. —

a constellation; the Lyre

Esp., Fidicula, a constellation, i. q. Fides or Lyra, the Lyre, Col. 11, 2, 37; Plin. 18, 26, 59, § 222.—

a cord; line by extension

Transf., a cord, line, a sort of instrument of torture (postAug.): apparatus illi reddendus est suus eculei et fidiculae et ergastula et cruces, Sen. de Ira, 3, 3; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Calig. 33; Cod. Th. 9, 35, 1.

Perseus ID: n18134 Key: fidiculae