The corpus record — Latin

libratio

libratio · f

A making level, levelling

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Where it lives

De Architectura 5 · 0.87/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k

What it meant

lībrātĭo — Lewis & Short

lībrātĭo, ōnis, f.libro.

I A making level, levelling: fortasse qui Archimedis libros legit, dicet non posse fieri veram ex aqua librationem, Vitr. 8, 6, 3.—

II A horizontal position, level: circa terrae librationem, Vitr. 6, 1, 5.—

III A hurling off, hurling, slinging, Diom. p. 473 P.

In the wild

librationum Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.1.4
libratio Minucius Felix, Octavius 17.5
librationem Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.5.3
librationes Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.pr.7
librationem Vitruvius, De Architectura 6.1.5
librationem Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.3.4

Where it came from

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