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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- trīcae, ārum, f. [acc. to Plin. 3, 11, 16, 104, orig. Trīca, ae, f., like Apina, the name of a small town in Apulia; but cf. Sanscr. trkvan, thief; and Lat. tricor, extricare, etc.; hence, prov.], trifles, toys, trumpery, stuff, nonsense. I. Lit.:
sunt apinae tricaeque et siquid vilius istis
, Mart. 14, 1, 7: Gri. Quid dare velis? Eloquere propere. La. Nummos trecentos. Gri. Tricas. La. Quadringentos. Gri. Tramas putridas, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 36.—II. Transf., hinderances, vexations, perplexities, subterfuges, quirks, wiles, tricks: judicia, lites, turbas, tricas, Turp. ap. Non. 8, 26; cf.: quomodo illa (Tullia) fert publicam cladem, quomodo domesticas tricas!
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 9: nihil mihi opus est litibus neque tricis
, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 62; 5, 2, 18: quas tu mihi tricas narras?
id. Curc. 5, 2, 15: quin tu istas mittis tricas
, id. Most. 3, 1, 45; Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2; cf.: trico, tricor, and tricosus.
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