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crībrum (noun N) : from root cer, whence cerno
* A sieve, searce, riddle, Cato, R. R. 25, 76, 3; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; Col. 8, 5, 16; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108 sq.; Ov. M. 12, 437; Pers. 3, 112 et saep.— Facete, of a slave whose back was pierced by goads: carnificum cribrum, Plant. Most. 1, 1, 52.—Prov.: imbrem in cribrum gerere,i. e. to labor in vain,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.
* A sieve, searce, riddle, Cato, R. R. 25, 76, 3; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; Col. 8, 5, 16; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108 sq.; Ov. M. 12, 437; Pers. 3, 112 et saep.— Facete, of a slave whose back was pierced by goads: carnificum cribrum, Plant. Most. 1, 1, 52.—Prov.: imbrem in cribrum gerere,i. e. to labor in vain,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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