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1 carbunculus
carbunculus ī, m dim. [carbo], a small coal, Her.* * *live coal; red tophus; precious stone; vine blight; carbuncle/tumor/anthrax -
2 carbunculus
carbuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. carbo].I.A small coal, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—b.Trop., a burning or devouring sorrow: amburet ei misero corculum carbunculus. Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 70 Lorenz ad loc.—II.Meton.A.A kind of sandstone, red toph-stone, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 2 Schneid.; Vitr. 2, 4; 2, 6; 8, 1; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 29; Pall. 1, 10, 1.—B.A reddish, bright kind of precious stone (prob. comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet, etc.), Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 14, 1; Vulg. Exod. 28, 18; id. Ezech. 28, 13; Inscr. Orell. 2510.—Hence, ut scintillet probitas e carbunculis, i. e. be adorned with jewels, Publ. Syr. ap. Petr. 55 Bücheler. —C.A disease.1.Of men, a kind of tumor, a carbuncle, Cels. 5, 28, 1; 6, 18, 1; a disease in Gallia Narbonensis, le charbon provençal, Plin. 26, 1, 4, § 5.—2.Of plants, a disease caused by hoar-frost, Col. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272; 18, 29, 70, § 293. -
3 calculus
calculus ī, m dim. [2 calx], a small stone, pebble: coniectis in os calculis. — Sing collect.: dumosis calculus arvis, in the fields, V.— A stone used in reckoning: calculis subductis, computed, cast up.—A counter used in playing draughts, O. —Fig.: amicitiam ad calculos vocare, hold to a strict account: si ad calculos eum res p. vocet, L. —A voting-pebble, ballot: calculus ater, i. e. for condemnation, O.: ad illos calculos revertamur, i. e. those principles of action.* * *pebble; (bladder) stone; piece for reckoning/voting/game; calculation; counter; small weight; live coal (Def)
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