pecten inis, m PEC-, a comb (for the hair): deducit pectine crines, O.: digitis inter se pectine iunctis, i. e. interlocked, O.

—The reed, sley (of a loom): arguto percurrens pectine telas, V.

—A comb, card, heckle (for wool), Iu.

—A rake: pectine verrit humum, O.

—An instrument for striking the strings of the lyre: eburnus, V., Iu.: Dum canimus sacras alterno pectine Nonas, i. e. in distiches, O.

—A kind of shell-fish, scallop, H.