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|lshtext=<b>cĭcōnĭa</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[stork]], Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Hor. S. 2, 2, 49; Ov. M. 6, 97; Juv. 14, 74 al.; at [[Praeneste]] called [[conia]], Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A derisory bending of the fingers in the form of a [[stork]]'s [[bill]], Pers. 1, 58; Hier. prol. in Sophon. Ep. 125, n. 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[implement]] in the form of a T, used by rustics to [[measure]] the [[depth]] of furrows, Col. 3, 13, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[transverse]] [[pole]], [[moving]] [[upon]] a [[perpendicular]] [[post]], for [[drawing]] [[water]], etc. (syn. [[tolleno]]), Isid. Orig. 20, 15, 3.
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