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trŏchaeīdes, is, adj., = τροχαιειδής, like a trochee: numerus, Mart. Cap. 9, § 992.

trŏchaeus, i, m., = τροχαῖος (cf. Mart. Cap. 9, § 988).

  1. I. A metrical foot of two syllables, a long and a short (–⏑), a trochee, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 80; Prud. στεφ. 8 praef.
  2. II. Another name for the tribrachys, a metrical foot of three short syllables (⏑⏑⏑), a tribrach, Cic. Or. 57, 193; Quint. 9, 4, 82.

trŏchăĭcus, a, um, adj., = τροχαϊκός, consisting of trochees, trochaic: versus, Quint. 9, 4, 140; Ter. Maur. p. 2437 P.; Diom. pp. 504 and 508 ib.

trŏchĭlus, i, m., = τρόχιλος.

  1. I. A very small bird, perh. the golden-crested wren, trochil, Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 203; 8, 25, 37, § 90.
  2. II. In architecture, a semicircular hollow running round the base of a column, a casement, scotia, trochil, Vitr. 3, 3 med.

trŏchiscus, i, m., = τροχίσκος, a small, round ball; in medicine, a pill, troche, trochisk, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7, 104; Veg. Vet. 2, 9 fin. (in Cels. 5, 17, written as Greek).

trochlĕa or troclĕa, ae, f. [contr. from τροχαλία], a mechanical contrivance for raising weights, a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, a block, Vitr. 10, 2; Cato, R. R. 3, 5; Lucr. 4, 905.
Prov.: trochleis pituitam adducere, q. s. to draw up phlegm with a hoisting-tackle, i. e. to hawk violently, Quint. 11, 3, 56.

* trochlĕātim, adv. [trochlea], with a block: erecto fune, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 med.

trŏchus, i, m., = τροχός, an iron hoop set round with small rings, a trundling-hoop for children, Hor. C. 3, 24, 57; id. A. P. 380; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 6; Ov. A. A. 3, 383; id. Tr. 2, 486; Mart. 14, 168, 2; 14, 169, 2 al.

Trocmi, ōrum, m., a people of Galatia, Liv. 38, 16; called also Trogmi, Cic. Div. 2, 37, 79; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146.