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Headword: Ὑδροχεῖα
Adler number: upsilon,69
Translated headword: cisterns, water-tanks
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

[Water-]receptacles. "He repaired a hauling-engine of [= for] the water and he planned cisterns” [1]

Greek Original:

Ὑδροχεῖα: δεξαμεναί. ὁλκὸν τοῦ ὕδατος ἐπεσκεύασε καὶ ὑδροχεῖα ἐπενόησεν.

Note:

[1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (= De legationibus Romanorum ad gentes 5.19-20).

Keywords: biography; definition; historiography; history; science and technology
Translated by: Ioannis N. Doukas on 18 July 2009@13:20:57.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 19 July 2009@05:36:02.
David Whitehead (updated note) on 3 January 2012@07:29:25.

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