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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Clathri

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

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CLA'THRI. A trellis or grating of wood or metal employed to cover over and protect an aperture, such as a door or window, or to enclose any thing generally. (Hor. A. P. 473. Plin. H. N. viii. 7. Cato, R. R. iv. 1. Columell. viii. 17. 10.) The example (Clathri/1.1) represents the trellis which covered in the lunettes over the stalls (carceres) in the circus of Caracalla.

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