noun · neutersecond declension
ēverriculum
ēverriculum n (genitive ēverriculī)
Meaning
- broom
- sweepnet, dragnet
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēverriculum | ēverricula |
| genitive | ēverriculī | ēverriculōrum |
| dative | ēverriculō | ēverriculīs |
| accusative | ēverriculum | ēverricula |
| ablative | ēverriculō | ēverriculīs |
| vocative | ēverriculum | ēverricula |
ēverrĭcŭlum, i, n. everro,
I. a sweepnet, drag-net.
I. Prop., for taking a large number of fishes, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7; App. Mag. p. 294; cf. Non. p. 34; and: everriculum, quod Graece σαγήνη dicitur, Dig. 47, 10, 13, § 7.—
II. Trop.: everriculum malitiarum omnium, the drag-net, i. e. the sweeperaway of all basenesses, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: quod umquam hujuscemodi everriculum ulla in provincia fuit? i. e. a plunderer, sarcastically applied to Verres, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, 53; cf. everro, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ēverriculum ī, n
ex + VAR-, a broom, sweep . — Only fig.: malitiarum omnium, dragnet : huiusce modi (a play on the name of Verres).
Origins
From ēverrō + -culum.