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Lewis Short
volsella | vuls- | volsilla (noun F) : () or
* A kind of pincers for pulling out hairs, tweezers.
* Lit., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Mart. 9, 28, 5.—As a surgical instrument, forceps, Cels. 7, 12, 1; 6, 18, 3.
* Transf.: pugnare volsellis, non gladio,i. e. so as to do but little damage,Varr. L. L. 9, § 33 Müll.
* A kind of pincers for pulling out hairs, tweezers.
* Lit., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Mart. 9, 28, 5.—As a surgical instrument, forceps, Cels. 7, 12, 1; 6, 18, 3.
* Transf.: pugnare volsellis, non gladio,i. e. so as to do but little damage,Varr. L. L. 9, § 33 Müll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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