BOIAE
BOIAE (
κλοιός), a collar of wood
or iron put on the neck of slaves or criminals as a punishment (Plaut.
As. 3.2, 5;
Capt. 4.2, 109; Prudent.
Praef. Psych. 34; Jerome,
v. in Hierem.
27; Isid.
Orig. 5.27, 12). The Greek
κλοιός, usually of wood, sometimes of iron (Babr. 99, 6),
was: 1. A collar on the neck of a mischievous dog (
Aristoph. Wasps 897;
Xen. Hell. 2.4,
41). 2. A form of pillory (
Xen. Hell.
3.3,
11;
Eur. Cycl. 235; Luc.
Tox. 32). 3. An ornamental
collar of gold (
Eur. Cycl. 184).
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