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curcŭlĭo (gurgŭlĭo, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 9 Ritschl, Fleck.; Pall. 1, 19, 2; id. Jun. 3; also in some MSS. of the authors cited infra), ōnis, m. [kindr. with circulus, circus],

  1. I. a corn-worm, weevil, Cato, R. R. 92; Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 63; Col. 1, 6, 15 sq.; Plin. 18, 11, 73, § 302; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 186.
    1. B. Form gurgulio = membrum virile, Pers. 4, 38.
  2. II. Curcŭlĭo, the name of a comedy of Plautus.

* curcŭlĭuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [curculio], a little weevil, in comic lang. for something trifling, worthless, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 38 (v. the passage in connection).