scallop
SCALLOP
s. A kind of shell-fish pecten -inis masculine; diminutive pectunculus.
A hollow cut in the edge of anything incisura.
s. A kind of shell-fish pecten -inis masculine; diminutive pectunculus.
A hollow cut in the edge of anything incisura.
v. *incisuris distinguere; *serratim scindere (Apul.).
scallop (subs.):
I. A kind of shell-fish: pecten, ĭnis, m.: broad s.s, patuli p., Hor. S. 2, 4, 34: Plin. Dimin., pectuncŭlus: id. 9, 29, 45.
II. A hollow made in the border of any thing: nearest word perh. *sĭnus, ūs (which is applied to the bend of a reaping-hook, the curve of a serpent in motion, etc.): v. foll. art.
I. A kind of shell-fish: pecten, ĭnis, m.: broad s.s, patuli p., Hor. S. 2, 4, 34: Plin. Dimin., pectuncŭlus: id. 9, 29, 45.
II. A hollow made in the border of any thing: nearest word perh. *sĭnus, ūs (which is applied to the bend of a reaping-hook, the curve of a serpent in motion, etc.): v. foll. art.
scallop (v.): perh. best expr. by sĭnuo, 1 (to curve, hollow out: it occurs trans. in Cels. 7, 2, ad fin.): a s.'d edge, *limbus introrsus sinuatus (cf. Tac. H. 5, 11): s.'d leaves, sinuosis folia lateribus, Plin. 16, 6, 8, ad init.