LENTICULA, a small Lentil. Certain Vessels made of Potters Earth in the Form of a Lentil, that is to say, flat and round, were called by this Name. Tulit Samuel lenticulam olei1. The Word in the Hebrew Text is Phak, in the Greek Phacos. Now Phak and Phakos in Greek, signify Lentils. The Latins made particular Vessels in Figure like a Lentil, and called them Lenticulæ. Lenti suam esse figuram, unde vario usu translatum est in lenticulas nomen, says Pliny.
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1 Sam. x. 1. See likewise 2 Kings ix. 1. 3. ,פך השמןLXX. τὸ φάκον τῆς ἐλαίας. ↩