I.a garment made of skins, a sheepskin, a skin: “mastrucam, quod Sardum est, inridens Cicero ex industria dixit,” Quint. 1, 5, 8: “mastruca vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarum, de qua Cicero pro Scauro: Quem purpura regalis non commovit, eum Sardorum mastruca mutavit?” Isid. Orig. 19, 23, 5 (Orell. Cic. Fragm. Scaur. § 45, d, p. 268); so Prud. Symm. 2, 695.— “As a term of abuse,” a sheepskin, a ninny, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 34.
mastrūca (mastrūga ), ae, f. Sardinian; v. infra,
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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