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pectĭno , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. pecten,
I.to comb, card, heckle.
I. Lit.: “caudae setas,” App. M. 6, p. 185, 18.—
II. Transf., to harrow: “segetem,” Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 186.— Hence, pectĭnātus , a, um, P. a., combed, i. e. sloped two ways like a comb: “pectenatum (so, not written pectinatum) tectum dicitur a similitudine pectinis in duas partes devexum, ut testudinatum in quatuor,” Fest. p. 212 and 213 Müll.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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