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morsĭco
morsĭuncŭla
morsum
morsus
morsus
Morta
mortālis
mortālĭtas
mortālĭter
mortārĭŏlum
mortārĭum
mortĭcīnus
mortĭfer
mortĭfĭcātĭo
mortĭfĭco
mortĭfĭcus
mortĭgĕna
mortŭālĭa
mortŭārĭus
mortŭōsus
mortŭrĭo
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mortārĭum
mortārĭum, ii, n., a mortar (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.). Lit.: mortarium, in quo teruntur quae solvenda sunt, Non. 543, 22; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; Cato, R. R. 74: aerea, Plin. 33, 8, 41, § 123: plumbea, id. 34, 18, 50, § 168.— Transf. A large basin or trough in which mortar is made, Vitr. 7, 3, 10; 8, 6, 14; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177.—Hence, Mortar: mortario caementum addatur, Vitr. 8, 7.— A hollow resembling a mortar, dug round a tree: arbori mortarium statim faciunt, Pall. 4, 8, 1.— That which is triturated in a mortar, a drug: et quae jam veteres sanant mortaria caecos, Juv. 7, 170.

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Headword:
mortārĭum
Headword (normalized):
mortārĭum
Headword (normalized/stripped):
mortarium
IDX:
29760
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n29737
Key:
mortarium

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