ceruchi
cĕrūchi, ōrum, m., = κεροῦχοι κεραιοῦχοι, holding the sail-yards),
- ropes fastened to the sail-yards, Luc. 8, 17; 10, 495; Val. Fl. 1, 469.
cĕrūchī (-cī), ōrum, m. (κεροῦχοι), cordages qui tiennent la vergue horizontale : Luc. 8, 177 ; 10, 495 ; Val. Flacc. 1, 469.
CERUCHI
CERU´CHI[NAVIS]
Cerūchi
(κεροῦχοι). The ropes which supported the yard of a ship, passing from it to the top of the mast. In some ancient monuments we see four, as in the following illustration, taken from one of the pictures in the MS. of Vergil, which was given by Fulvius Ursinus to the Vatican Library.