perpendĭcŭlum — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

perpendĭcŭlum, i, n. perpendo, a plummet, plumb-line. Lit.: non egeremus perpendiculis, non normis, non regulis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 163, 3: ad perpendiculum columnas exigere, to examine by a plumb-line, id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133: ad perpendiculum, perpendicular, perpendicularly, id. Fat. 10, 22: tigna non directa ad perpendiculum, sed prona et fastigiata, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: perpendiculo respondere (opp. habere proclinationes), Vitr. 6, 11; Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 172; Vulg. Zach. 1, 16.— Trop.: ad perpendiculum seque suosque habuit, Aus. Parent. 5: honestatem lenium morum velut ad perpendiculum librans, Amm. 29, 2, 16; cf. id. 21, 16, 3: velut ad perpendiculum aemulae urbes, on a strict equality, id. 14, 8, 11.

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perpendĭcŭlum

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perpendĭcŭlum

Headword (normalized/stripped):

perpendiculum

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perpendiculum

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