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orbiculus

orbiculus · m

a small disk; a sheave

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Where it lives

De Architectura 16 · 2.77/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

orbĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short

orbĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.orbis,

I a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc. (anteclass. and post-Aug.), Cato, R. R. 3, 6; 22, 2; Col. 4, 30, 4; Vitr. 10, 5: radix concisa in orbiculos, cut in little disks or slices, Plin. 25, 13, 94, § 148; Inscr. Orell. 2519.— Esp., the nave of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 2, 9.

In the wild

orbiculos Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.4.1
orbiculorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.2.6
orbiculos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.13.p3
orbiculus Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.8.12
orbiculos Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.2.6
orbiculos Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.3.2

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Where it came from

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