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cănīcŭla (noun F) : dim.canis.
* A small dog or bitch, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.—Hence
* Trop., of a passionate, quarrelsome woman, Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.
* Transf.
* Canis Minor, the lesser dogstar, in the mouth of the constellation Canis, q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268: flagrans,Hor. C. 3, 13, 9: flammans,Manil. 5, 207: rubra,Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: sitiens,Ov. A. A. 2, 231: insana,Pers. 3, 5: caniculae aestus,Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.—Trop., of Diogenes: illa canicula Diogenes,Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. capella.
* A kind of sea-dog (cf. canis, II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.
* The worst throw with dice, the dog throw; opp. to Venus (v. canis, II. C., and alea), Pers. 3, 49.
* A small dog or bitch, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.—Hence
* Trop., of a passionate, quarrelsome woman, Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.
* Transf.
* Canis Minor, the lesser dogstar, in the mouth of the constellation Canis, q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268: flagrans,Hor. C. 3, 13, 9: flammans,Manil. 5, 207: rubra,Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: sitiens,Ov. A. A. 2, 231: insana,Pers. 3, 5: caniculae aestus,Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.—Trop., of Diogenes: illa canicula Diogenes,Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. capella.
* A kind of sea-dog (cf. canis, II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.
* The worst throw with dice, the dog throw; opp. to Venus (v. canis, II. C., and alea), Pers. 3, 49.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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