panicula

pānĭcŭla (also pānŭcŭla, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. pānŭcla, Non. 149, 22), ae, f.; also pānĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [panus], a tuft, a panicle on plants.

• I Lit.: tu legiones difflavisti spiritu, quasi ventus folia aut paniculum tectorium, a tuft of thatch, i.e. of reeds used for thatching, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17 (17); cf. id. Rud. 1, 2, 34 (122); Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49: Graecula rosa convolutis foliorum paniculis, id. 21, 4, 10, § 18: panicum a paniculis dictum, id. 18, 7, 9, § 53.—
• II Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.

pānicula, ae, f. (Demin. v. pana, Nbf. v. panus), I) = panus no. I (w. s.), Aldh. de laud. virg. 15: panucula geschr., Paul. ex Fest. 220, 16, u. panucla, Non. 149, 22. – II) an den Gewächsen, der Büschel, die Rispe, die Klunker, Plin. 16, 49 u.a.: bes. der Blüten- u. Samenbüschel, der Kolben, an den Rohr- u. Schilfarten, die zum Dachdecken gebraucht wurden, Plin. 8, 117 u.a. – III) eine Art Geschwulst, Scrib. Larg. 82. Ps. Apul. herb. 13. Plin. Val. 3, 27 u. 4, 8.

panicula, ~us, panucula [CL=panicle], panuculum 1 (small) spool or bobbin (in weaver’s loom); b (fig.). c (understood as) weft or shuttle. panniculus a panno; ~ucula [vv. ll. ~uicula, ~ucla] a pano quamvis diminutivum a primitivo discrepet Aldh. PR 133 p. 183; lanea filorum stamina ex glomere et ~uculis revoluta Id. VirgP 9p. 236; hic panus ‥ i. virgula illa circa quam trama involvitur ‥ et inde hec ~ucula [v. l. ~icula] ejus diminutivum ‥ ne videretur esse diminutivum a pane, ideo dicitur ~ucula et non paniculus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 433.  b hac responsione non est interrogationis nodus patenter solutus, sed veluti ~ucula [v. l. panula] quaestionis involuta Aldh. PR 140 p. 194.  c ~uculum, uuefl GlC P 113; 10‥ ~uclis, weflum WW; 11‥ ~ucla, wefla WW. 2 cloth or garment made from patches, patchwork, (perh. assoc. w. panniculus). ~ucla, geclutad hrægel Ælf. Gl. 151. 3 swelling, abscess. parituma, i. apostema et pannicula idem Alph. 135; pannaricium est apostema in pannicula Ib. 137; panniculas, i. apostema unguium Ib. 138. 4 panic-seed. 1591 panojo, pannycke seede, pannicula OED s. v. 1 panic.

pānĭcŭla, æ, f. (panus), panicule (t. de botan.) : Plin. 16, 49 ; P. Fest. 220 || sorte de tumeur : Ps. Apul. Herb. 13 ; Scrib. Comp. 82, v. panus.

panicula , ae. f.
栗等樹之花。腰上腫毒瘡。

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pānĭcŭla, ae, f.: pannocchia, spiga

ciuffo di foglie Plin.