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Colliciae

or Colliquiae.

1.

Gutters made with concave tiles for carrying water from the roof (Vitruv. vi. 3).

2.

Drains in the fields for draining water into the ditches (Colum. ii. 8 3).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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