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gnomonicus

gnomonicus · adj

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Where it lives

De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

gnōmŏnĭcus — Lewis & Short

gnōmŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., = gnwmoniko/s,

I of or belonging to a gnomon, and, in gen., of or belonging to a sundial, gnomonic.

I Adj.: rationes, Vitr. 9, 3 fin.: res, id. 1, 1 fin.—

II Subst.

A gnōmŏ-nĭca, ae, and gnōmŏnĭce, es, f., = gnwmonikh/, the art of making or judging of sundials, the art of dialling, gnomonics, Gell. 1, 9, 6; Vitr. 1, 3; Plin. 2, 76, 78, § 187. —

B gnōmŏnĭci, ōrum, m., = gnwmonikoi/, persons skilled in gnomonics, diallists, Sol. 37, 3.

In the wild

gnomonico Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.2.p108
gnomonice Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.3.1

Where it came from

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