cribrum

crībrum, i, n. [from root cer, whence cerno],

• a sieve, searce, riddle, Cato R. R. 25, 76, 3; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14 (102); Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; Col. 8, 5, 16; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108 sq.; Ov. M. 12, 437; Pers. 3, 112 et saep.— Facete, of a slave whose back was pierced by goads: carnificum cribrum, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 52 (52).—Prov.: imbrem in cribrum gerere, i.e. to labor in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100 (102).

crībrum, ī, n. (v. cerno = *crino), das Sieb, der Durchschlag (aus Fell, Leinwand, von Haaren usw.), Lucil. 681: novum, Varro fr.: farinarium, Cato u. Plin.: pollinarium, Plaut. u. Plin.: per cribrum cernere, Cato: tenui od. artiore cribro cernere, Plin.: cribro minuto cribrare, Pelag.: pollinario od. farinario cribro subcernere, Plaut. u. Plin.: cribra (Mehlsiebe) rodere (v. Mäusen), Cic. – Sprichw., imbrem in cribrum ingerere, Regen in ein Sieb tragen (= etwas Vergebliches unternehmen), Plaut. Pseud. 102 (s. das. Leo).

cribrum [CL; cf. AN cribre, OF crible], ~ra 1 sieve, riddle: a (for food or unspec.); b (for sand or sim.); c (prov.); d (fig.); e (math.). a crebrum, sibi GlC C 873; ~rum, syfe Ælf. Gl.; 1211 in ~lis, corbellis et aliis minutis expensis Pipe Wint. 61; c1258 in ij †crimbris, j d. FormMan Shorwell; 1275 cepit parum de gruello in j crebro ad molendinum CourtR Wakefield I 43; 1277 (v. crinalis a); 1290 in j ~era (v. colare a); 1378 in j ~ro pendente cum corda pro thorali Ac. Durh. 587; ~rum, A. a rydder vel a syve WW.  b 1222 pro ij ~lis, iij ob. Ac. Build. Hen. III 132; 1313 in una ~ra pro sablone empta, j d. ob. Rec. Leic. I 282; c1395 in ij ~ris raris vocatis ridels pro calce et zabulo purgendo (sic) Building in Eng. 338; 1450 pro ij ~ris ad purgandam arenam DocCOx 325.  c filie Beli contendunt ibi ~ris implere vasa forata Map NC V 7 p. 251.  d fides ‥ ~ro discretionis castigata Bede Luke (xvii 6) 540; ~ro quod a paleis grana secernit (cf. Luke iii 17), id est discretione Map NC V 7 p. 251.  e originem singulorum [numerorum] a ternario procedere submonstrat, quam et Eratosthenes et ejus sequaces ~rum appellaverunt Adel. ED 25. 2 sieveful (dry measure). Cf. cribrare 1e. 1194 concedimus ‥ prebendam cotidianam ad duos equos ‥ et j ~rum furfuris et majorem cuvam de drasco unaquaque septimana (Ch. Abbatis) G. S. Alb. I 204; 1230 pro una ~era avene CurR XIV 346; c1282 concessisse ‥ monachis ‥ j ~lam frumenti recipiendam annuatim Reg. S. Bees 99; 1318 de ‥ iiij ~lis farine avenarum de molendino bladonico (Pat) MonA VI 556b.

crībrum, (13) ī, n. (cerno), crible, sas, tamis : Cato Agr. 25 ; 76, 3 ; Cic. Div. 2, 59.

cribrum , i. n.
疎篩。Imbrem in — gerere 捕風捉影。

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crībrum ī, n

• 2 CER-, a sieve, riddle, C., O.

Cribrum

(κόσκινον). A sieve; made of parchment perforated with holes, or of horse-hair, thread, papyrus, or rushes interwoven so as to leave interstices between each plat. The Romans sifted their flour through two kinds of sieves, called respectively excussoria and pollinaria, the latter of which gave the finest flour, termed pollen. Sieves of horse-hair were first made by the Gauls; those of linen by the Spaniards; and of papyrus and rushes by the Egyptians (Plin. H. N. xviii. 28; Cato , R. R. 76, 3; Pers.iii. 112). See p. 429.