Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Colliciae

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

COLLIC'IAE or COLLIQ'UIAE. Gutters, made with concave tiles, placed under the eaves of a house, for the purpose of carrying away the rain water from the roof, and conducting it into the impluvium. Festus, s. Inlicium. Vitruv. vi. 3.

2. Open drains or gutters in the country, for the purpose of carrying away the rain water from the lands into the ditches (fossae). Plin. H. N. xviii. 49. n. 2. Columell. ii. 8. 3.