noun

vermĭcŭlus

gen. vermĭcŭli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

dim. vermis

a little worm; grub

a little worm, grub, in decaying things.

Lit., Lucr. 2, 899; Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 186: in linguā canum, id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.—

by extension

A disease of dogs which drives them mad

A disease of dogs which drives them mad, Grat. Cyn. 386.—

the scarlet worm; scarlet color •

In the Vulgate, the scarlet worm, for coccum (scarlet color), Vulg. Exod. 35, 25; cf. Hier. Ep. 64, 19: VERMICVLVM STRAVERVNT, Inscr. Orell. 4240; Inscr. Murat. p. 114, 2.

Perseus ID: n50566 Key: vermiculus