gĕnĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short
gĕnĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.genu, a little knee, transf., in arch.,
I an angular bend where two pipes are joined together, a knee, Vitr. 8, 7.
The corpus record — Latin
geniculus
geniculus · m
an angular bend where two pipes are joined together
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Where it lives
- De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
- Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- geniculus Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.6.6
- geniculorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.12.p4
- geniculorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.7.p6
- geniculorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.8.p2
- geniculorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.12.p4
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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