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clepsydris

Dictionary entries

  • clepsydra, clepsydrae:

    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Science

    = water-clock; (used for timing speakers); time of one clock (20 minutes);

    Entry →
    abl. pl.
    dat. pl.
    loc. pl.

Examples

  • G

    Liber VI

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...apertius dicimus, celerius intellegimus, religiosius iudicamus, quia paucioribus clepsydris praecipitamus causas quam diebus explicari solebant. O Regule..."
  • G

    Liber II

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...sollicitudine mea. Dixi horis paene quinque; nam duodecim clepsydris, quas spatiosissimas acceperam, sunt additae quattuor. Adeo illa ipsa..."

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