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Nasiterna, is a vessel for water.
Delitiares tegulæ, named from "delitia" (ditch/gutter) of the beam; others call these "colliciares".
Abacus, a serving table and kitchen table.
Solium, and labrum, are vessels that were used in the bath.
Falces sarpiculas, from "sarpando" (pruning/binding), that is, from tying, for they use these in tying the vineyard.
Sparteæ, from "spartum" (broom); for "spartum" is an Iberian herb; some Latins interpret it as broom-plant.
Infundibulum, by which we pour liquids into vessels.
Amerinæ, from the town of Ameria, where there was much "salix amerina" (willow), which the common people now call "agnum castum" (chaste tree).
Scutriscum, a type of vessel, and it seems to be derived from the Greek figure from "scutra" (platter).
Inibi, likewise and presently.
Sublinat, that is, he smears.
Polubrum, a water vessel.
Lingula, a diminutive from "lingua" (tongue); and it seems to signify here a wooden or stone basin, where water or wine flows together. But we will say more about this term in our questions on Plautus.
Clostra, from "claudendo" (closing).
Robustus, from "robore" (oak/strength).
Iligneas, from "ilice" (holm-oak), a possessive.
Pauito, strike and beat.
Tortiuum, is wine most recently pressed.
Distabescit, wastes away greatly, is consumed, is corrupted, melts away.
Aquifolios, from the holly tree.
Indidem, the same, presently, from "inde" (thence) and "idem" (the same).
Equile, from "equo" (horse), just like "ouile" (sheepfold) and "bouile" (ox-stall).
Coagmenta, tight joints and pairings, from "cogendo" (gathering), that is, binding.
Rufrimateriæ, and Pompeij, are towns of Campania.
Præliganeum uinum, from "prælegendo" (selecting beforehand).
Lorea, and lora, is made by soaking grape-skins in water.
Ablaqueare, is derived from "lacu" (pit/ditch), and it is when, with the earth dug away, we cut back the upper roots.
Glubito, strip off the bark, about which more in the questions on Plautus.
Rapina, from "rapo" (turnip), similarly also "rapitium".
Rudetum, land which previously had been "rudis" (rough) and uncultivated, then, however, plowed.
Cariosus, from "carie" (rot); for "caries" is putrefaction and old age.
Cementa, stones with which buildings rise.
Silenti luna, at the conjunction of the moon, that is, at the time of the new moon.