panus

pānus, i, m., = pênos, Dor. panos, the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle.

I.

Lit.: intus modo stet rectus subteminis panus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 3 fin., and ap. Non. 149, 24; cf.: panus tramae involucrum, quem diminutive panuclam vocamus, Non. l. l.—

II.

Transf.

A.

A swelling, tumor:

tumor quoque inguinum ex formae similitudine sic (sc. panus) vocatur,

Non. 149, 24; Novat. ap. Non. 149, 28; Afran. ib. 25:

panos aperit sevum pecudum,

Plin. 30, 8, 22, § 75; 24, 11, 58, § 97; 35, 17, 57, § 195:

viscum panos mitigat,

id. 24, 4, 6, § 11.—

B.

An ear of millet, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 54.