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|lshtext=<b>cō&#774;clĕa</b>: (cō&#774;chlĕa; cf. the [[letter]] C), ae, f. [[κοχλίας]], ό,<br /><b>I</b> a [[snail]]: [[quom]] caletur cocleae in [[occulto]] [[latent]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 12; Plin. 9, 56, 82, § 173 sq.; Varr. R. R. 3, 14; Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Hor. S. 2, 4, 59: nudae, [[without]] shells, Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 112; an [[emblem]] of [[slowness]], Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In cocleam, [[snail]]-formed, [[spiral]], Cels. 8, 10, 1; Col. 8, 17, 2; cf.: per cocleam ascendebat in [[cenaculum]], Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[snail]]-[[shell]], Mart. 11, 18, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[screw]] of a [[press]], Vitr. 6, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[machine]] for [[drawing]] [[water]], a [[water]]-[[snail]], waterscrew, Vitr. 5, 12; 10, 8; 10, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[door]] [[that]] moves [[easily]], Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3 Schneid.
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