plummet
plummet
subs.
Line for testing perpendicularity: P. and V. κᾰνών, ὁ.
subs.
Line for testing perpendicularity: P. and V. κᾰνών, ὁ.
PLUMMET
perpendiculum (a mason’s plummet; Vid: Cic. 2 Verr. 1 51 133; ad Quint.Fr. 3 1 1 § 2): perpendiculum nauticum (Dan.): cataprorates (the lead used at sea; Lucil. ap. Isidor. 19 4 § 10; Lindem. ☞ Catapirates is a false reading). To learn to use the plummet perpendiculo uti discere: to try anything with the plummet ad perpendiculum exigere aliquid: made straight by the plummet ad perpendiculum directus.
perpendiculum (a mason’s plummet; Vid: Cic. 2 Verr. 1 51 133; ad Quint.Fr. 3 1 1 § 2): perpendiculum nauticum (Dan.): cataprorates (the lead used at sea; Lucil. ap. Isidor. 19 4 § 10; Lindem. ☞ Catapirates is a false reading). To learn to use the plummet perpendiculo uti discere: to try anything with the plummet ad perpendiculum exigere aliquid: made straight by the plummet ad perpendiculum directus.
plummet:
1. perpendĭcŭlum: to examine columns by the p., columnas ad p. exigere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, 133: Vitr.
2. līnea (strictly, the line, as perpendiculum, the lead). Join: perpendiculo et linea [uti], Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, ad init.
1. perpendĭcŭlum: to examine columns by the p., columnas ad p. exigere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, 133: Vitr.
2. līnea (strictly, the line, as perpendiculum, the lead). Join: perpendiculo et linea [uti], Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, ad init.