scalpellum | scal-pellus, i (noun N.m) : n. (collat. form , , m., Cels. 2, 10 twice), dim. scalprum
* A small surgical knife, a scalpel, a lancet: scalpellum adhibere,Cic. Sest. 65, 135; id. Div. 2, 46, 96; Col. 6, 32, 3; Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 110; Veg. Vet. 1, 26, 2; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 4: scribae,a penknife,Vulg. Jer. 36, 23.