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labdareus

LABDAREUS
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Lamdareus
, Species machinæ bellicæ ad instar Labdæ seu Lambdæ Græcorum ex ligno constructæ et ad sustinendam saxorum atque missilium vim accomodæ. Hero lib. 1. de Machinis bellicis cap. 1 : Adversus hæc autem repugnantes murices ligneos construere oportet quinque cubitorum, Labdareos a quibusdam vocatos : quorum unumquodque crus gyrum quasi duorum pedum habeat, ne frangantur vel disrumpantur ; sed resistant ponderibus, quæ deorsum feruntur. Hujuscemodi machinas ad resistendum delineavit Franciscus Barocius ad hunc Heronis locum.

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