brush (of ox/horse tail); painter's brush; sponge
Latin word, found 10 times in the texts on Socratos.
Terence, Eunuchus 4.7.776: Quid ignave? peniculon pugnare, qui istuc huc portes, cogitas?
Plautus, Menaechmi 1.1.77: Iuventus nomen fecit Peniculo mihi,
Plautus, Rudens 4.3.1008: iam ego te hic, itidem quasi peniculus novos exurgeri solet,
All forms of peniculus