Lewis Short
lens (noun F) :
* A louse's egg, a nit: lendes tolluntur adipe canino,Plin. 29, 6, 35, § 111; Ser. Samm. 5, 72.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
lens (noun F) : (nom. lentis, acc. to Prisc. p. 764 P.
* Acc. lentim, Cato, R. R. 35; 116; Varr. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.: lentem,Col. 2, 10, 15.—Abl. lenti, Titin. ap. Non. 210, 5.— Plur. lentes, Scrib. Comp. 114), f. (masc., Titin. ap. Non. 210, 5), a lentil: lens amat solum tenue,Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123: Pelusiaca (Egyptian lentils were considered the best),Verg. G. 1, 228; cf. Mart. 13, 9, 1; Gell. 17, 8, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary