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modiolus
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Lewis Short
mŏdĭŏlus (noun M) : dim.modius, lit.
* A small measure; hence, transf.
* A kind of drinking-vessel, Dig. 34, 2, 37.
* A bucket on a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9: modioli gemelli, the boxes or cylinders of a forcing-pump, id. 10, 13.
* The nave of a wheel, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Vitr. 10, 4.
* The box to receive the axle-tree of an oilmill, Cato, R. R. 20.
* A surgical instrument, a cylindrical borer with a serrated edge, a trepan, χοινίκιον, Cels. 8, 3 init.
* A small measure; hence, transf.
* A kind of drinking-vessel, Dig. 34, 2, 37.
* A bucket on a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9: modioli gemelli, the boxes or cylinders of a forcing-pump, id. 10, 13.
* The nave of a wheel, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Vitr. 10, 4.
* The box to receive the axle-tree of an oilmill, Cato, R. R. 20.
* A surgical instrument, a cylindrical borer with a serrated edge, a trepan, χοινίκιον, Cels. 8, 3 init.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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