Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Infundibulum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

INFUNDIB'ULUM (χώνη). A funnel for conveniently transferring liquids from one vessel into another. (Cato. R. R. 13. 3. Columell. iii. 18. Pallad. Jun. 7. 2.) The example (Infundibulum/1.1) represents a funnel, of the same construction as those still in use, from an original of glass discovered at Pompeii.

2. A funnel, or hopper, as it is technically called, through which the corn to be ground was poured into a mill (Vitruv. x. 5. 2.); probably the upper one of the two stones which formed a Roman corn mill, otherwise termed CATILLUS; and compare the illustration s. MOLA, 2., on the top of which there is an appurtenance, which may be intended for a hopper, with the corn pouring into it, though, from the dilapidation of the marble, it now presents an appearance more like a flame.

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