noun

tendĭcŭla

gen. tendĭcŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a little stretcher

a little stretcher.

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Lit.: vestimenta tendiculis diducta, Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 2.—

a little snare; noose figuratively •

Trop. ( = fraus), a little snare, noose: aucupia verborum et litterarum tendiculae, Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: verborum tendiculas aucupemur, Ambros. de Fide, 3, 5, § 37; Vulg. Prov. 1, 11.

Perseus ID: n47750 Key: tendicula