Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

1. ūtrĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. uter], a small skin or leathern bottle, Cels. 2, 17; App. M. 1, p. 108, 16.

2. ū̆trĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [uterus].

  1. I. Lit., in gen., the belly, abdomen, of bees, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31.
    1. B. Esp., a little womb or matrix, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; 30, 14, 43, § 124.
  2. II. Transf., of plants, a bud or calycle of a flower, a hull or husk of grain, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; 18, 11, 29, § 115.