Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Chorobates

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CHOROB'ATES. An instrument used for taking the level of water, and of the country through which it is to be conducted. Vitruv. viii. 5. 1.