ellychnium
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ellychnĭum: ii, n., = ἐλλύχνιον,
I a lamp-wick, Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 84; 28, 11, 47, § 168; Vitr. 8, 1; Stat. S. 4, 9, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ellychnĭum, ĭī, n. (ἐλλύχνιον), mèche, lumignon : Plin. 24, 84.
Latin > German (Georges)
ellychnium, iī, n. (ελλύχνιον), der Lampendocht, rein lat. linamentum (während candelae filum = der Kerzendocht), Vitr. 7, 1, 5. Plin. 23, 84 u. 28, 168. Isid. 17, 6, 25.