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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Canaliculus

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

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CANALIC'ULUS. Diminutive of CANALIS; a small drain, ditch, or gutter. Columell. viii. 15. 6. Vitruv. x. 9. 7.

2. The channel or groove incavated on the face of a triglyph (Vitruv. iv. 3. 5.), marked by shading in the example (Canaliculus/2.1), from an ancient Doric temple formerly existing in the forum at Rome, as copied from the original by Labacco.

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