verticula

vertĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [verto],

• a joint, = vertebra, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 207, 24; cf. Fest. p. 371.—In machines, Vitr. 10, 13, 1.— Called also vertĭcŭlus, i, m., Sol. 4; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 242; vertĭcŭlum, i, n., id. Acut. 3, 17, 138.

verticula, ae, f. (verto), das Gelenk, die Einbiegung, Lucil. 161: an Maschinen, Vitr. 10, 8, 1. – Nbf. verticulus, ī, m., Solin. 34, 3. Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 4, 3, 24. Plin. Val. 2, 45: verticulum, ī, n., Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 17, 138 u. de morb. chron. 4, 3, 24; vgl. Prisc. part. XII vers. Aen. 3, 81. p. 477, 31 K.

verticula [CL = joint], (tether) ring (cf. vertivella 2). 1325 in ‥ ij teris de pilo et ij ~is ferr' pro affris in pastura ligandis emptis xvij d. LTR Ac 15 r. 4.