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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
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|lshtext=<b>trochlĕa</b>: or troclĕa, ae, f. contr. from [[τροχαλία]] | |lshtext=<b>trochlĕa</b>: or troclĕa, ae, f. contr. from [[τροχαλία]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[mechanical]] [[contrivance]] for [[raising]] weights, a [[case]] or [[sheaf]] containing one or [[more]] pulleys, a [[block]], Vitr. 10, 2; [[Cato]], R. R. 3, 5; Lucr. 4, 905.—Prov.: trochleis pituitam adducere, q. s. to [[draw]] up [[phlegm]] [[with]] a [[hoisting]]-[[tackle]], i. e. to [[hawk]] [[violently]], Quint. 11, 3, 56. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trochlĕa: or troclĕa, ae, f. contr. from τροχαλία,
I a mechanical contrivance for raising weights, a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, a block, Vitr. 10, 2; Cato, R. R. 3, 5; Lucr. 4, 905.—Prov.: trochleis pituitam adducere, q. s. to draw up phlegm with a hoisting-tackle, i. e. to hawk violently, Quint. 11, 3, 56.