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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Girgillus

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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. 

GIRGIL'LUS. The roller turned by a windlass, in order to raise water from a well by means of a rope and bucket; a contrivance precisely similar to those used in most country places at the present day, as shown by the annexed example (Girgillus/1.1) from a marble sarcophagus of the Vatican Cemetery. Isidor. Orig. xx. 15.

  • Girgillus/1.1
    Girgillus/1.1

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