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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Scirpea

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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. 

SCIR'PEA or SIR'PEA. A large basket made of rushes (scirpus) platted together, and employed more especially to form the body of a wagon (plaustrum) used for agricultural purposes, as in the annexed example (Scirpea/1.1) from a marble bas-relief; whence scirpea stercoraria, dung-basket or dung-cart. Varro, L. L. v. 139. Ov. Fast. vi. 680. Cato, R. R. x. 3. xi. 4.

  • Scirpea/1.1
    Scirpea/1.1

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