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tālĕa , ae, f.,
I.a slender staff, a rod, stick, stake, bar (syn.: virga, stipes).
I. In gen.: “taleae pedem longae ferreis hamis infixis totae in terram infodiebantur,” Caes. B. G. 7, 73: ferreae, iron rods, used as money by the Britons, id. ib. 5, 12; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23. —
II. In partic.
A. In agricult.,
1. A cutting, set, layer for planting, Cato, R. R. 45; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 31, 2; 4, 33, 4; Pall. Mart. 10, 11; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61. — *
2. Transf., a scion, twig, sprig, Ser. Samm. 12, 167.—
B. In archit., a small beam used for binding together the joints of a wall, Vitr. 1, 5.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.73
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 1.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.23
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.61
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.31.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.33.4
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