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Penicillus

（ῥαβδίον). A painter's brush, some being made with hair (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xxviii. 71) and some with sponge (id. ix. 69). See Pictura.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 28.71
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