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pessŭlus , i, m. (
I.neutr. collat. form in plur. pessula, Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 412) [πάσσαλος], a bolt (ante- and post-class.): “occlude sis fores ambobus pessulis,Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 25: “pessuli, heus pessuli, vos saluto,id. Curc. 1, 2, 60: “pessulum ostio obdo,shoot the bolt, lock the door, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 55: “foribus,id. Heaut. 2, 3, 37: “pessulos inicere,to shoot the bolts, App. M. 3, p. 135, 39; 1, p. 107, 12; “p. 108, 24: aperire: pessulum ostii mei aperui dilecto meo,Vulg. Cant. 5, 6.
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    • Old Testament, Canticles, 5.6
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