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Penna


1.

A quill; used for various purposes, as for toothpicks (Mart.xiv. 22).


2.

A pen; so only after the fourth century A.D. See Isidor. Orig. xiv. 3; Beckmann, Hist. of Inventions, i. p. 408 (London, 1846); and Writing and Writing Materials.

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    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.22
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