pencil

*pes- (Proto-Indo-European)

marem (Latin)

conidia (Translingual)

penis (Latin)

(anatomy) the penis, male sexual organ. (archaic) tail. (figuratively) lust.

peniculus (Latin)

(Medieval Latin) a scourge (kind of whip). (perhaps, in an ambiguous sense) penis, membrum virile. A brush [for removing dust] (for which ox-tails and horse-tails were used). A painter’s brush or pencil. A sponge (clarification of this definition is being sought).

penicillus (Latin)

pincil (Old French)

pencil (English)

(geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.. (medicine, archaic) A small medicated bougie.. (obsolete) A paintbrush.. (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.. Writing utensil that uses graphite (commonly referred to as [...]