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- Title
An Investigation of Vitruvius' Technical Vocabulary Relating to Water Conduits and Pipelines in De arch. 8.6.6-9: vis spiritus and colluviaria (Re)examined<sup>1)</sup>.
- Authors
Nikolic, Milorad
- Abstract
This article investigates the terms vis spiritus and colluviaria in the context of Vitruvius' description of water pipelines (De arch. 8.6.6-9) by comparing the Vitruvian passage with Greek medical texts and concepts from fluid mechanics. It makes a new suggestion for the translation of the hapax legomenon colluviaria and supports a reinterpretation of the technical term vis spiritus.
- Subjects
VITRUVIUS Pollio; TECHNICAL literature; AQUEDUCTS; PIPELINES; FLUID mechanics; HAPAX legomenon; DE Architectura (Book)
- Publication
Mnemosyne, 2011, Vol 64, Issue 3, p424
- ISSN
0026-7074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/156852511X505060