Definition of vitellus
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LNS
vitellus, vitellī
vitulus
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. A little calf
  2. the yolk
Abbreviations
vitellus, i, m. dim. vitulus. * A little calf, as a term of endearment, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 77.

— Transf., the yolk of an egg, Cels. 6, 6, 1; Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Petr. 33 fin.; Plin. 10, 53, 74, ยง 148; Hor. S. 2, 4, 14; 2, 4, 57; Mart. 13, 40, 1.

—Called also vitellum, i, n., Apic. 4, 1; Varr. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31.
 
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