Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Columella

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

COLUMEL'LA (στυλίς). A general diminutive of COLUMNA.

2. (στηλίδιον). A small cippus, or short pillar, erected over a grave as a tomb-stone. Cic. Leg. ii. 26.

3. Columella ferrea. A strong iron pin or bolt, forming part of the trapetum, or machine for bruising olives. (Cato, R. R. xx. 1. Id. xxii. 2.) See TRAPETUM, and the illustration, on which it is marked by the figure 4.