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capillamentum

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Lewis Short

căpillāmentum (noun N) : id..
* The hair, collect., Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38; esp. false hair, a peruke, Suet. Calig. 11; Petr. 110, 5, Tert. Cult. Fem. 7.
* Transf.
* The hairy threads or fibres of the roots or leaves of plants, etc.: capillamenta vitis,Sen. Ep. 86, 20: seminum,Col. 4, 11, 1; 4, 22, 4: radicum,Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 99; 27, 12, 80, § 105.
* Hair-like streaks on precious stones: rimae simile,Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28; 37, 5, 18, § 68.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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