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LNS

reduvia, reduviae

(redivia, rediviae)

reduvia, redivia

noun (f., 1^st declension)

A hangnail
a remainder, remnant, fragment

Abbreviations

reduvia (redivia), ae, f. A hangnail on the finger: rediviam quidam, alii reluvium appellant, cum circa ungues cutis se resolvit, Fest. p. 270, 17 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 271, 11 ib.; so, redivia, Titin. ib.: reduviae, Plin. 30, 12, 37, § 111; 28, 4, 8, § 40.

— Prov.: cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo, i. e. to be busy about trifles, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.

— Transf., a remainder, remnant, fragment: escarum, Sol. 32, 25: conchyliorum, id. 9, 9.