The corpus record — Latin

canaliculus

canaliculus · m

a small channel

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Where it lives

De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

cănālĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short

cănālĭcŭlus, i, m. (cănālĭcŭla, ae, f. (ante- and post-class.), dim.canalis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 198, 7; Gell. 17, 11, 2; cf. canalis),

I a small channel, pipe, or gutter.

I A water-channel, Vitr. 10, 14 fin.; Col. 8, 15, 6.—

II A channel of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3.—

III The channel or groove of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—

IV In surgery, a splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 2 fin.

In the wild

canaliculus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.15.6
canaliculo Celsus, De Medicina 8.8.p1
canaliculo Celsus, De Medicina 8.24
canaliculos Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.1.7

Where it came from

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