noun

tentĭpellĭum

gen. tentĭpellii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

tendo-pellis

that which stretches out a skin; hide; a hidestretcher

that which stretches out a skin or hide, a hidestretcher, leather-stretcher.

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Lit.: tentipellium Artorius putat esse calceamentum ferratum, quo pelles extenduntur, indeque Afranium dixisse in Promo. pro manibus credo habere ego illos tentipellium, Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf. Mart. 9, 73, 1. — *

by extension

Transf.: Titinnium ait Verrius existimare id (sc. tentipellium) medicamentum esse, quo rugae extenduntur, cum dicat: tentipellium inducitur, rugae in ore extenduntur, cum ille τροπικῶς dixerit, Fest. p. 364 Müll.

Perseus ID: n47795 Key: tentipellium