Lewis Short
lentĭcŭla (noun F) : dim.2. lens
* A lentil.
* Lit.: faba vel lenticula,Cels. 2, 18: hoc mense lenticulam seres,Pall. 3, 4.
* Transf.
* The shape of a lentil, lentilshape, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196.
* A vessel shaped like a lentil: vasa fictilia (quas a similitudine lenticulas vocant),Cels. 2, 17, § 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 7, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1.
* A freckly eruption, freckles, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7: lenticulam tollunt galbanum et nitrum,Cels. 6, 5; cf. lentigo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary