Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Vectis

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. 

VECTIS (μοχλός). A strong and heavy pole or bar of wood or iron, employed for various purposes, as:

1. A lever or hand-spike, for placing under machines, or objects of very great weight, to assist in moving and turning them. Caes. B. C. ii. 11.

2. A crow-bar, for forcing open or beating down. Hor. Od. iii. 26. 7. Cic. Verr. ii. 4. 43.

3. A bar for fastening a door. Virg. Aen. vii. 609.

4. A pole for carrying burdens. Claud. iv. Cons. Honor. 573. Wood-cut s. FERCULUM, 2.

5. A capstan-bar, by which the cylinder is turned. Vitruv. vi. 6. 3.