noun

membrānŭla

gen. membrānŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a little skin; membrane

a little skin or membrane.

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Lit.: membranula, quae sub cute calvariam cingit, Cels. 8, 4: oculi, membrane of the eye, id. 7, 7, 13. —

by extension

A parchment •

A parchment: iisque imperes, ut sumant membranulam, Cic. Att. 4, 4, b, 1.—

Plur., an instrument; document written on parchment •

Plur., an instrument or document written on parchment: quae membranulis meā manu scriptis continebuntur, Dig. 32, 102 prooem.

Perseus ID: n28582 Key: membranula