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tentĭpellĭum , ii, n. tendo-pellis,
I.that which stretches out a skin or hide, a hidestretcher, leather-stretcher.
I. Lit.: “tentipellium Artorius putat esse calceamentum ferratum, quo pelles extenduntur, indeque Afranium dixisse in Promo. pro manibus credo habere ego illos tentipellium,” Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf. Mart. 9, 73, 1. — *
II. Transf.: Titinnium ait Verrius existimare id (sc. tentipellium) medicamentum esse, quo rugae extenduntur, cum dicat: tentipellium inducitur, rugae in ore extenduntur, cum ille τροπικῶς dixerit, Fest. p. 364 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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