- imbrex
- imbrex, ĭcis, f. (less freq. m., Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 114; Arn. 3, 107) [imber], a hollow tile, gutter-tile, pantile (used in roofs for the purpose of leading off the rain; cf.: tegula, operculum, tectorium).I.Lit.: tegulae vocatae, quod tegant aedes;II.
et imbrices quod accipiant imbres,
Isid. Orig. 19, 10:meas confregisti imbrices et tegulas,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 28; Sisenn. ap. Non. 125, 18; Plin. 36, 22, 44, § 159; Verg. G. 4, 296.—Transf., of things shaped like a pantile.A.A gutter, a trough for watering beasts, Col. 9, 13, 6; 2, 2, 9; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 114; Cato, R. R. 21, 3.—B.A certain part of a hog (either the ear, sparerib, or womb), Mart. 2, 37, 2.—C.Imbrex narium, the partition (saeptum) in the nose, Arn. 3, 107.—D.A mode of applauding with the hands formed into hollows, invented by Nero, Suet. Ner. 20.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.