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modiolus

mŏdĭŏlus, i, m. dim. [modius], lit., a small measure; hence, transf.,
  • I A kind of drinking-vessel, Dig. 34, 2, 37.—
  • II A bucket on a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9: modioli gemelli, the boxes or cylinders of a forcing-pump, id. 10, 13.—
  • III The nave of a wheel, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Vitr. 10, 4.—
  • IV The box to receive the axle-tree of an oilmill, Cato R. R. 20.—
  • V A surgical instrument, a cylindrical borer with a serrated edge, a trepan, χοινίκιον, Cels. 8, 3 init.

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