Scaife ATLAS

mŏdĭŏlus, i, m. dim. modius, lit., a small measure; hence, transf., A kind of drinking-vessel, Dig. 34, 2, 37.— A bucket on a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9: modioli gemelli, the boxes or cylinders of a forcing-pump, id. 10, 13.— The nave of a wheel, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Vitr. 10, 4.— The box to receive the axle-tree of an oilmill, Cato, R. R. 20.— A surgical instrument, a cylindrical borer with a serrated edge, a trepan, χοινίκιον, Cels. 8, 3 init.

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Headword:

mŏdĭŏlus

Headword (normalized):

mŏdĭŏlus

Headword (normalized/stripped):

modiolus

IDX:

29407

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n29385

Key:

modiolus

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