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Lewis Short
postŏmis (noun F) : perh. from πρόστομος
* A barnacle, twitch, an instrument fixed upon the nostrils of unruly horses; hence, transf., a drinking-cup, from its being always at a tippler's nose (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 27 (al. prostomides): postomis, ἐπιστομίς, Gloss. Lat. Gr.
* A barnacle, twitch, an instrument fixed upon the nostrils of unruly horses; hence, transf., a drinking-cup, from its being always at a tippler's nose (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 27 (al. prostomides): postomis, ἐπιστομίς, Gloss. Lat. Gr.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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