Lewis & Short

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1. sŭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [perh. root σεύω, to drive], a kind of machine for drawing or lifting, a winch, windlass, capstan, Cato, R. R. 19, 2; Vitr. 10, 2; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 126; of a wine- or oil-press, Cato, R. R. 12; 18, 2; Dig. 19, 2, 19.

* 2. sŭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [sus], a little pig, only in paronom. with 1. sucula, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 126.

3. sŭcŭla, ae, f. [cf. ὕω, to rain], mostly plur. suculae, the constellation Hyades, a transl. of the Gr. ὑάδες, Tiro ap. Gell. 13, 9, 4; Plin. 2, 39, 39, § 106: nostri a similitudine cognominis Graeci propter sues impositum arbitrantes imperitiā appellavere suculas, id. 18, 26, 66, § 247; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Col. 2, 2, 4; 2, 2, 34; 2, 2, 36; 2, 2, 89.