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1 ventagium
winnowing. -
2 ventorium
winnowing fan. -
3 ventilabrum
ventĭlābrum, i, n. [ventilo], an implement for winnowing grain, a winnowing-fork, Col. 2, 10, 14; Prud. Apoth. praef. 2, 53; Vulg. Matt. 3, 12; Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 3, n. 15. -
4 vannus
vannus ī, f a fan, van, winnow: mystica Iacchi, borne in the festival of Bacchus, V.* * * -
5 ventagium
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6 ventilabrum
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7 eventilo
I.Lit.:* II.(aërem graviorem) emendant assiduo linteorum jactatu eventilando,
Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf. Just. 44, 1 fin.: frumenta, to winnow, i. e. to purify by winnowing, Col. 1, 6, 23.— -
8 pala
pāla, ae, f. [contr. from pagela, from pago, pango:I.pala a pangendo,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.], a spade.Lit.:II.palas vendundas sibi ait... ut hortum fodiat,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58:sarcula VIII., palas IV.,
Cato, R. R. 10, 3:palae innixus,
Liv. 3, 26:juncosus ager verti pala debet,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 46:palis laxatus,
id. 17, 17, 27, § 123; Col. 10, 45.—Transf.A.A peel for putting bread into the oven, Cato, R. R. 11 fin. —B.A winnowing-shovel, Tert. Praescr. 3; so Juvenc. 1, 371.—C.The bezel of a ring = funda:D.palam anuli ad palmam convertere,
Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—The shoulder-blade, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35; id. Tard. 3, 2.—E.An Indian tree, the plantain-tree: Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24. -
9 vallus
1. I.In gen. (rare).a.For supporting vines, Verg. G. 1, 264; 2, 25.—b.A pole set with teeth and fastened to a cart, pushed forwards by oxen placed behind;II.used by the Gauls for cutting grain,
Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296 (in Pall. 7, 2, called vehiculum).—Esp., in milit. lang., a stake, palisade, used for intrenchment (freq. and class.): qui labor, quantus agminis;B.ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria... ferre vallum, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:Scipio Africanus militem cottidie in opere habuit et triginta dierum frumentum, ad septenos vallos ferre cogebat,
Liv. Epit. 57: virgulta vallo caedendo, id. 25, 36, 5:vallum cae dere et parare jubet,
id. 33, 5, 4:vallum secum ferente milite,
id. 33, 6, 1:quo qui intraverant, se ipsi acutissimis vallis induebant: hos cippos appellabant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73.—Transf.1.Collect. for vallum, a rampart set with palisades, Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3; Tib. 1, 10, 9.—2. 2.vallus, i, f. dim. [contr. for vannulus, from vannus], a little winnowing-van for grain or provender, Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2; 1, 23, 5; id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 166. -
10 vannus
vannus, i ( abl. heterocl. vannu, Non. 19, 21), f., a fan, van for winnowing grain, Col. 2, 20, 4; App. M. 11, p. 260, 9; 11, p. 269, 2:mystica Iacchi,
borne about in the Bacchic festival, Verg. G. 1, 166.
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