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Definition of Dolium
1. n. A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.
Definition of Dolium
1. Noun. (history archeology) A large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods in the ancient Western Mediterranean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dolium
1. a type of Roman jar [n DOLIA]
Medical Definition of Dolium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolium
Literary usage of Dolium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Il Nuovo cimento by Società italiana di fisica (1866)
"Giovanni Mueller di ripetere le osservazioni relative all'annunciato singolare
fenomeno che presenta il liquido emesso dalla bocca del dolium in parola. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... dolium with the words " Sedeo in Veneris Solio, in Dolió doleo," inscribed on
it, in his Law of Drinking, 1617 (12mo, p. 74), in which amusing work ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... in dolium, périt." (It is no use- helping the insolvent.) AU Is not gold that
glitters or glisters. Trust not to appearances. ..."
4. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain: Or Coloured Figures and by James Sowerby (1825)
"Obovate, ventricose, ornamented with transverse rows of knobs. SVN. Cast of a
species of dolium ? ..."
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