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LEM

clepsydra, clepsydrae

κλεψύδρα

noun (f., 1^st declension)

an instrument for measuring time by water, water-glass, waterclock, clepsydra
used to measure the time of a speaker
hence, cras ergo ad clepsydram, by the clock (of exercises in declamation)

Abbreviations

clepsydra ae, f, kleyu/dra, an instrument for measuring time by water, water-glass, waterclock, clepsydra

— used to measure the time of a speaker

— hence, cras ergo ad clepsydram, by the clock (of exercises in declamation): ad clepsydram latrare docere, to rant.