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pecten, ĭnis, m. [pecto], a comb.I.Prop., for the hair, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 15:II.deducit pectine crines,
id. M. 4, 311; 12, 409; Petr. 126; Spart. Hadr. 26.—Transf., of things resembling a comb.A.The reed or sley of a weaver's loom:2. B.arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas,
Verg. A. 7, 14; Ov. F. 3, 819; cf. id. M. 6, 58; Varr. L. L. 5, 23, § 113.—An instrument for heckling flax or combing wool, a comb, card, heckle, Juv. 9, 30; Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77; Claud. Eutr. 2, 382.—C.A rake:D.tonsam raro pectine verrit humum,
Ov. R. Am. 191; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 297; Col. 2, 20.—A clasping of the hands in distress, Ov. M. 9, 299.—Of the mingling of the oars of two vessels:E.mixtis obliquo pectine remis,
Luc. 3, 609 dub. (al. pectore).—Pecten dentium, a row of teeth, Prud. steph. 10, 934.—F. G.The hair of the pubes, Juv. 6, 370; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 26.—Also, the sharebone, Cels. 8, 1.—H.A kind of dance:K.Amazonius,
Stat. Achill. 2, 156.—An instrument with which the strings of the lyre were struck:2.jamque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno,
Verg. A. 6, 647 Serv.; Juv. 6, 382.—Transf.a.A lyre, Val. Fl. 3, 159.—b. L.A kind of shell-fish, a scallop:M.pectinibus patulis jactat se molle Tarentum,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 34; Plin. 9, 33, 51, § 101; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 37, 52, § 139; 11, 51, 112, § 267; 32, 11, 53, § 150.—
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