reservoir
reservoir
subs.
P. δεξαμενή, ἡ.
subs.
P. δεξαμενή, ἡ.
RESERVOIR
lacus (a large deep tank): castellum: dividiculum (a building in which water is collected and thence distributed to other places by pipes): cisterna (a cistern under ground in which rain-water is kept).
lacus (a large deep tank): castellum: dividiculum (a building in which water is collected and thence distributed to other places by pipes): cisterna (a cistern under ground in which rain-water is kept).
reservoir:
1. lăcus, ūs (tank, cistern) to pave the r.s with stone, l. lapide sternere, Liv. 39, 44.
2. cisterna (underground r.): Plin. 36, 23, 52.
3. castellum (the r. of an aqueduct, anciently dividiculum, Fest.: v. Dict. Ant. "Aqueduct"): Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121: Vitr.
4. piscīna (usu. a pond): a wooden r., p. lignea, Plin. 34, 12, 32.
5. arca (small cistern): Vitr. 6, 3, 2.
6. expr. by immissarium or receptaculum (aquae), Vitr. 8, 7 (6), 1 (q. v.).
7. conceptācŭlum (that which r.s something): the veins are the r. of blood, vena est c. sanguinis, Gell. 18, 10: of an apparatus for collecting wind, Plin. 2, 45, 44: v.RECEPTACLE .
1. lăcus, ūs (tank, cistern) to pave the r.s with stone, l. lapide sternere, Liv. 39, 44.
2. cisterna (underground r.): Plin. 36, 23, 52.
3. castellum (the r. of an aqueduct, anciently dividiculum, Fest.: v. Dict. Ant. "Aqueduct"): Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121: Vitr.
4. piscīna (usu. a pond): a wooden r., p. lignea, Plin. 34, 12, 32.
5. arca (small cistern): Vitr. 6, 3, 2.
6. expr. by immissarium or receptaculum (aquae), Vitr. 8, 7 (6), 1 (q. v.).
7. conceptācŭlum (that which r.s something): the veins are the r. of blood, vena est c. sanguinis, Gell. 18, 10: of an apparatus for collecting wind, Plin. 2, 45, 44: v.
Reservoir
See aquae ductus; fons; lacus.