pĕdīclus

pĕdīcŭlus ( pĕdīclus), i, m. dim. [pes], a little foot.

Lit.:

pediculi octoni omnibus,

Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83:

argentei,

Dig. 34, 2, 33.—

Transf., the foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf:

pediculi Punicorum,

Col. 12, 44, 2:

uvarum,

id. 12, 43, 1:

pediculo brevi sunt folia oleae,

Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 91:

fungorum,

id. 22, 23, 47, § 96. [p. 1324]

pĕdīcŭlus ( pĕdūc-, pĕdunc-), i, m. dim. [pedis], a louse: qui inter pilos palpebrarum pediculi nascuntur: id phtheiriasin Graeci nominant, Cels. 6, 6, 15; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 121:

ocimi cibus pediculos facit,

id. 20, 12, 48, § 120; Col. 8, 7: pediculi terrae, another name for the scarabaei terrestres, Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39.—In the form peduculus:

(marini),

Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77; 32, 8, 28, § 89; Pelag. Vet. 7 med.; cf.: peduculus, phtheir, Gloss. Philox.:

pulex, cimex, peduculus,

Not. Tir. p. 176.—Form pedunculus, Pelag. 1, 1.