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                    "description": "<b>κλεψ·ύδρα, ας (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῠ]<\/font> clepsydre, <i>horloge d’eau pour marquer le temps accordé aux orateurs ; elle était formée de deux récipients superposés, le supérieur laissant couler l’eau lentement dans l’inférieur par un conduit allongé<\/i> (αὐλός) <i>percé de plusieurs petites ouvertures<\/i> (τρυπήματα) AR. <i>Av. 1695, etc. ;<\/i> COM. (ATH. <i>497<\/i> a, <i>etc<\/i>.) ; ARSTT. <i>Probl. 16, 8<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. κλέπτω, ὕδωρ.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "Ion. κλεψύδρη, ἡ, (&lt; ὕδωρ) <b>pipette<\/b>, = ὑδράρπαξ, a small vessel with one or more perforations below and an air-vent above, for transferring small quantities of liquid, Emp. 100.9, Arist. <i>Ph.<\/i> 213a27, Pr. 914b9, al., Hero <i>Spir.<\/i> 2.27 (described in 1.7), Simp. <i>in Cael.<\/i> 524.19, in Ph. 647.26.<br\/><b>water-clock<\/b>, a water-butt with a narrow orifice underneath, through which the water trickled slowly, for measuring periods of time, used to time speeches in the law-courts, Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 93, 857, Arist. <i>Ath.<\/i> 67.2, etc. ; πρὸς κλεψύδρας ἀγωνίζεσθαι Id. <i>Po.<\/i> 1451a8; τὴν ὀπὴν βῦσον τῆς κλεψύδρης Herod. 2.43; for measuring military watches, Aen.Tact. 22.24; for astronomical measurements, Procl. <i>Hyp.<\/i> 4.74 (in the form of a perforated bowl floating on water, Gal. <i>Anim. Pass.<\/i> 2.5); rarely for other purposes, Eub. p. 182 K., Epin. 2; εἰς τὴν ἐκπλήρωσιν τῆς κ. Herophil. ap. Marcellin. <i>Puls.<\/i> 265. name of an ebbing well, in the Acropolis at Athens, Ar. <i>Av.<\/i> 1695 (lyr.); at Ithome, Pap. in <i>Abh.Berl.Akad.<\/i> 1904 (2).14 (ii BC), Paus. 4.31.6."
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                    "description": "ἡ, <i>Wasseruhr<\/i>, in welcher, wie bei den Sanduhren, das Wasser in einem enghalsigen Gefäße durch ein feine Oeffnung am Boden rinnt, sich gleichsam heimlich durchstiehlt, <i>Schol. Ar. Ach<\/i>. 693 u. <i>Vesp<\/i>. 93 ; Simplic. ad Arist. <i>coel<\/i>. 2 beschreibt sie als ἀγγεῖον στενόστομον πλατεῖαν ἔχον τὴν βάσιν μικραῖς ὀπαῖς διατετρυπημένην ; vgl. auch Empedocl. 257 ff. (bei Arist. <i>respir<\/i>. 7) u. <font color='green'>Sturz<\/font> dazu ; oft erwähnt in Athen, wo nach der κλεψύδρα den Rednern die Zeit zum Sprechen zugemessen wurde, vgl. Ar. <i>Av<\/i>. 1695 u. s. ὕδωρ unten ; πίνειν δεήσει πρὸς κλεψύδραν Epinic. bei Ath. XI.497a ; Arist. <i>Probl<\/i>. 16.8 u. sonst.<br\/>Bei Athen <i>eine Quelle<\/i>, deren Wasser zuweilen ausblieb, vgl. <i>Schol. Ar. Vesp<\/i>. 853. S. nom. pr."
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