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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Biclinium

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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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BICLIN'IUM. A sofa, or couch, adapted for two persons to recline on at their meals, &c. (Plaut. Bacch. iv. 3. 84. and 117.) It is a hybrid word, half Latin and half Greek, (Quint. i. 5. 68.) The example (Biclinium/1.1) is from a Roman bas-relief.

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