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                    "description": "cancelli (noun M) : (sing. cancellus, Dig. 43, 24, 9, § 1),  dim. 2. cancer\n* A lattice, enclosure, grating, grate, balustrade, bars, railings: ( = κιγκλίδες; Latini tamen cancellos non tantum fores τοῦ δικαστηρίου, sed etiam omne consaeptum appellant, Salmas. Hist. Aug. p. 483) scenici et theatri, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4: aenei rivorum,Col. 8, 17, 6; the bar in a court of justice, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 59, § 135: tantus ex fori cancellis plausus excitatus,the barrier in public spectacles,id. Sest. 58, 124: circi,Ov. Am. 3, 2, 64: aedium,Dig. 30, 41, § 10; 33, 7, 12, § 26: fenestrarum,Aug. Trin. 11, 2: saepta cancellorum,Amm. 30, 4, 19.—Of the reticulated skin of the elephant, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. cancello.\n* Trop., boundaries, limits (so perh. only in Cic.): si extra hos cancellos egredi conabor, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,Cic. Quint. 10, 36: esse certam rerum forensibus cancellis circumscriptam scientiam,id. de Or. 1, 12, 52: severitatis, Cod. Th. 1, 12, 8.\n* Meton., the space enclosed by boundaries, Auct. B. Afr. 15 fin."
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