quill
quill
subs.
End of a feather: P. καυλός, ὁ.
Quill feathers: Ar. ὠκύπτερα, τά.
Feather: P. and V. πτερόν, τό.
Pen: P. γραφίς, ἡ.
subs.
End of a feather: P. καυλός, ὁ.
Quill feathers: Ar. ὠκύπτερα, τά.
Feather: P. and V. πτερόν, τό.
Pen: P. γραφίς, ἡ.
QUILL
The feather of a goose penna anserina.
The dart of a porcupine spina.
The reed of weavers *fistula textoria.
The instrument with which some stringed instruments are struck plectrum (for the lyra): pecten -inis (for the cithara Freund). To strike with the quill pectine pulsare (†).
The feather of a goose penna anserina.
The dart of a porcupine spina.
The reed of weavers *fistula textoria.
The instrument with which some stringed instruments are struck plectrum (for the lyra): pecten -inis (for the cithara Freund). To strike with the quill pectine pulsare (†).
quill:
I. The strong tip feathers of a large bird's wing (Bacon, etc.),, and poet. the wing itself (e. g. "with her nimble q.s the soul doth seem to hover," Drayton): penna and pl.: v.FEATHER : WING .
II. The same prepared for writing: penna, cf. instrumenta scribae calamus et p., sed c. arboris est, p. avis, Isid. Orig. 6, 14: v.PEN . (N.B.--Quill often = pen: as in "quill-driver," scriba.) Note.--Sometimes also for a tube to suck drinks through: and small tubes in general: sĭpho (sifo) ōnis, m.: Cels. 1, 8, fin.: v. TUBE .
III. The prickle of a porcupine: p.s covered (roofed in) with q.s, hystrices spina contectae, Plin. 8, 35, 53.
IV. Used for striking a stringed instrument.
1. plectrum, n.: (for the lyre): Cic. N. D. 2, 59: Ov. M. 11, 168: hence plectra movere (to strike the lyre), id. Her. 3, 113.
2. pecten, ĭnis, m. (for the cithara): an ivory q., cf. jamque eadem (the seven notes of the cithara) digitis jam pectine pulsat eburno, Virg. Aen. 6, 647:--
/* "His flying fingers, and harmonious quill, Strike seven distinguished notes, and seven at once they fill."--Dryden. */
V. An instrument used in weaving: pecten, ĭnis, m.: called argutus (shrill) from its noise: cf. Arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas, Virg. Aen. 7, 14: cf. Ov. F. 3, 820.
I. The strong tip feathers of a large bird's wing (Bacon, etc.),, and poet. the wing itself (e. g. "with her nimble q.s the soul doth seem to hover," Drayton): penna and pl.: v.
II. The same prepared for writing: penna, cf. instrumenta scribae calamus et p., sed c. arboris est, p. avis, Isid. Orig. 6, 14: v.
III. The prickle of a porcupine: p.s covered (roofed in) with q.s, hystrices spina contectae, Plin. 8, 35, 53.
IV. Used for striking a stringed instrument.
1. plectrum, n.: (for the lyre): Cic. N. D. 2, 59: Ov. M. 11, 168: hence plectra movere (to strike the lyre), id. Her. 3, 113.
2. pecten, ĭnis, m. (for the cithara): an ivory q., cf. jamque eadem (the seven notes of the cithara) digitis jam pectine pulsat eburno, Virg. Aen. 6, 647:--
/* "His flying fingers, and harmonious quill, Strike seven distinguished notes, and seven at once they fill."--Dryden. */
V. An instrument used in weaving: pecten, ĭnis, m.: called argutus (shrill) from its noise: cf. Arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas, Virg. Aen. 7, 14: cf. Ov. F. 3, 820.