Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Lunula

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

LU'NULA. Diminutive of LUNA. A small ornament in the form of a half moon, worn by women suspended from their necks (Isidor. Orig. xix. 31. Tertull. Cult. Foem. 10.); and by children as a token, amulet, or plaything. Plaut. Ep. v. 1. 33. and illustration s. CREPUNDIA, where it is seen amongst other objects round a child's neck.