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praeputium

praeputium, the foreskin, prepuce

prae-pūtĭum, ii, n. [vox hibr., praeπόσθιον],
  • the foreskin, prepuce.—In plur., Juv. 6, 238; 14, 99; Sen. Apoc. 8, 1; Vulg. Gen. 17, 11; 14.—
  • II Trop.: circumcidite praeputium cordis vestri, do away with impurity, Laet. 4, 17, 8; Vulg. Jer. 4, 4.
  • III Transf., the retaining of the prepuce, uncircumcision, Vulg. Gal. 5, 6; id. Eph. 2, 11.

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