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Definition of Cloacae
1. cloaca [n] - See also: cloaca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloacae
Literary usage of Cloacae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"Tin- cio- The watchful care of Belisarius did not even neglect acae. to take into
consideration the cloacae, the great sewers, of Rome ; but as the mouths ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"On Purifying Towns from Sewage by means of Dry cloacae. By Dr. JH LLOYD. On the
Proportion of Tin present in Tea-Lead. By Dr. S. MACADAM. ..."
3. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... begins temple on Capitoline, city walls, circus maximus, and cloacae—His
murder—SERVIUS Tui.LIUS, the agger and completion of town walls—His reforms, ..."
4. A Smaller History of Rome by William Smith (1865)
"... but the important works which he executed in peace have rendered his name
still more famous. The great cloacae, or sewers, by which he drained ..."
5. The Letters of Cassiodorus: Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae by Cassiodorus, Thomas Hodgkin (1886)
"Repair ' We are ever vigilant for the repair and beautification of the t* Tt
cloacae of Rome. of Home. ' Let your Sublimity know that we have directed John ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John BRITTON (1838)
"The immense extent of the cloacae, or sewers of London, exceeds those of ancient
Rome, or of any old or modern city of the world. ..."
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