puteus

Definitiones

1. well
   declension-2, masculine
2. cistern
   declension-2, masculine
3. Equivalent to 'well': A small village in Long Sutton parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7646).

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Exempla

“Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora, Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae, Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam; […] Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900 When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought, And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song, Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools, From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave: […]”

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