noun
postŏmis
Meaning
- a barnacle
postŏmis, ĭdis, f. perh. from πρόστομος,
I. a barnacle, twitch, an instrument fixed upon the nostrils of unruly horses; hence, transf., a drinking-cup, from its being always at a tippler's nose (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 27 (al. prostomides): postomis, ἐπιστομίς, Gloss. Lat. Gr.