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† phălangĭum or -on, ii, n. (late collat. form phălangĭus, ii, m., Veg. Vet. 3, 81; Isid. 14, 6, 16), = φαλάγγιον.

  1. I. A kind of venomous spider, Cels. 5, 27, 9; Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 156; 8, 27, 41, § 97; 11, 24, 28, § 79.
  2. II. Spider-root, anthericum, for phalangites, Plin. 27, 12, 98, § 124.