tentacle
tentacle:
1. cornĭcŭlum (a little horn: hence a long filament): others, as for instance butterflies, have t.s before their eyes, aliis c. ante oculos praetenduntur ut papilionibus, Plin. 11, 28, 34.
2. brāchium (an arm: applied to the t.s of polypi, etc.): Plin. 9, 29, 46.
3. crīnis, is, m. or f. (in pl. only, of the polypus): Plin. 9, 29, 46.
4. cirrus (in pl. like preced.): Plin. 26, 8, 37; 9, 28, 44: v.FEELER .
5. flăgellum (prop. a whip): to put out the t.s, f. dimittere, Ov. M. 4, 367.
6. barba: Trebius in Plin. 9, 30, 48, ad fin.
7. in M. Lat. *antenna (a sail-yard), *tentācŭlum.
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expr. by a phr. with experior or tento; v.TRY , ATTEMPT : friendship outruns judgment and deprives us of the power of proceeding t.ly, amicitia praecurrit judicium. tollitque experiendi potestatem, Cic. Am. 17, 62.
1. cornĭcŭlum (a little horn: hence a long filament): others, as for instance butterflies, have t.s before their eyes, aliis c. ante oculos praetenduntur ut papilionibus, Plin. 11, 28, 34.
2. brāchium (an arm: applied to the t.s of polypi, etc.): Plin. 9, 29, 46.
3. crīnis, is, m. or f. (in pl. only, of the polypus): Plin. 9, 29, 46.
4. cirrus (in pl. like preced.): Plin. 26, 8, 37; 9, 28, 44: v.
5. flăgellum (prop. a whip): to put out the t.s, f. dimittere, Ov. M. 4, 367.
6. barba: Trebius in Plin. 9, 30, 48, ad fin.
7. in M. Lat. *antenna (a sail-yard), *tentācŭlum.
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expr. by a phr. with experior or tento; v.