Definition of Clepsydrae

1. clepsydra [n] - See also: clepsydra

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clepsydrae

clenchers
clenches
clenching
clencht
clenoliximab
cleoid
cleome
cleomes
clepe
cleped
clepes
clepest
clepeth
cleping
clepsydra
clepsydrae (current term)
clepsydras
clept
cleptocrac­­­­­­­­­­­­­­y
cleptomania
cleptomaniac
cleptomaniacs
cleptoparasite
cleptoparasites
cleptoparasitic
cleptoparasitically
cleptoparasitism
clerestories
clerestory
clergeon

Literary usage of Clepsydrae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1857)
"clepsydrae AND HYDRAULIC ORGANS: Time measured by the oun—Obelisks—Dial io Syracuse— Tim* measured in Ihe night by slow matches, candles, Ac.—Modes of ..."

2. The Story of the Stars: New Desscriptive Astronomy by Joel Dorman Steele (1884)
"What * u The ancients used clepsydrae and sun-dials, to measure time. ... After the era of Archimedes, clepsydrae of the most elaborate construction were ..."

3. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"clepsydrae were used by the Romans in their camps, chiefly for the purpose of ... The custom of using clepsydrae as a check upon the speakers in the courts ..."

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