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coclea
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Lewis Short
cōclĕa | cōchlĕa (noun F) : (; cf. the letter C), , κοχλίας, ό
* A snail: quom caletur cocleae in occulto latent,Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 12; Plin. 9, 56, 82, § 173 sq.; Varr. R. R. 3, 14; Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Hor. S. 2, 4, 59: nudae,without shells,Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 112; an emblem of slowness,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 29.
* In cocleam, snail-formed, spiral, Cels. 8, 10, 1; Col. 8, 17, 2; cf.: per cocleam ascendebat in cenaculum,Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 8.
* Meton.
* A snail-shell, Mart. 11, 18, 23.
* A screw of a press, Vitr. 6, 9.
* A machine for drawing water, a water-snail, waterscrew, Vitr. 5, 12; 10, 8; 10, 11.
* A door that moves easily, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3 Schneid.
* A snail: quom caletur cocleae in occulto latent,Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 12; Plin. 9, 56, 82, § 173 sq.; Varr. R. R. 3, 14; Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Hor. S. 2, 4, 59: nudae,without shells,Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 112; an emblem of slowness,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 29.
* In cocleam, snail-formed, spiral, Cels. 8, 10, 1; Col. 8, 17, 2; cf.: per cocleam ascendebat in cenaculum,Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 8.
* Meton.
* A snail-shell, Mart. 11, 18, 23.
* A screw of a press, Vitr. 6, 9.
* A machine for drawing water, a water-snail, waterscrew, Vitr. 5, 12; 10, 8; 10, 11.
* A door that moves easily, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3 Schneid.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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