The corpus record — Latin

tolleno

tolleno · m

a swing-beam

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita 2 · 0.04/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

tollēno — Lewis & Short

tollēno, ōnis, m.tollo, in mechanic. and milit. lang.,

I a swing-beam, a swipe or swape, e. g. to raise a water-bucket from a well, or to raise a body of men to a level with the enemy's ramparts, Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. reciprocare, p. 274 Müll.; Veg. Mil. 4, 21; Liv. 24, 34, 10; 38, 5, 4; Sil. 14, 320 sq.; cf. Fest. p. 356 Müll.

In the wild

tollenonum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.4.p4
tollenonibus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.5.4
tollenone Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.24.34.10

Where it came from

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