nitedula

nītēdŭla, ae, f.,

• a kind of small red mouse, a dormouse, Cic. Sest. 33, 72: cf.: nitedula mus agrestis rubeus, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 181; Arn. 2, 47 (Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29, the common read. is volpecula, but Bentley's conjecture, nitedula, is adopted by Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204, and by Haupt and Müll.; v. Orell. ad loc.).—The contr. collat. form nītēla, v. under nitella.

nītēdula, ae, f. (nitor, ich klettere), ein Tier aus dem Mäusegeschlecht, die Haselmaus, Cic. Sest. 72. Arnob. 2, 47 (Hor. ep. 1, 7, 29 bloß Konjektur Bentleys, von Lachmann [Lucr. p. 204] wieder in Schutz genommen). – Andere Form nītella, Mart. 8, 37, 8. Plin. 8, 224 (vgl. über die Schreibweise nitella Lachm. Lucr. p. 204).

nitedula [CL] , kind of dormouse. nitidulam Gl. Leid. 3. 17; ~a ‥ i. animal quoddam quasi ignis in nocte lucens Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 371.

nītēdŭla, (16) æ, f. , petite souris, petit mulot : Cic. Sest. 72 ; Arn. 2, 47 ; Serv. Georg. 1, 181.

nītēdula ae, f

• a small mouse, dormouse, C.: tenuis, H. (al. volpecula).