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Definitiones

1. distaff: a tool used in spinning fiber, such as wool
   declension-2, declension-4
2. spinning, spun thread
   declension-2, declension-4

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Exempla

“Pallade plācāta lānam mollīre puellae”

Once Pallas's favor has been won: Let the girls learn [how] to soften wool, and [how] to unload their full distaffs. (‘‘Pallas’’ was an epithet for the patron of handicraft, the Greek goddess Athena, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. See distaff and spinning.)

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