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membranula

membranula, parchment

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membranulae Noun: feminine genitive singular, Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine dative singular, Noun: feminine nominative plural of membranula

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membrānŭla, ae, f. dim. [membrana], a little skin or membrane.
  • I Lit.: membranula, quae sub cute calvariam cingit, Cels. 8, 4: oculi, membrane of the eye, id. 7, 7, 13. —
  • II Transf.
    • A A parchment: iisque imperes, ut sumant membranulam, Cic. Att. 4, 4, b, 1.—
    • B Plur., an instrument or document written on parchment: quae membranulis meā manu scriptis continebuntur, Dig. 32, 102 prooem.

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