rymulcum

rĕmulcum ( rymulcum, acc. to the Gr., Amm. 18, 5, 6), i (for the most part only in abl.), n. [rhumoulkeô], nautical t. t., a tow-rope, or any other contrivance for towing:

remulcum funis, quo deligata navis magnā trahitur vice remi,

Isid. Orig. 19, 4, 8:

remulco est, cum scaphae remis navis magna trahitur,

Fest. p. 279 Müll.:

navem remulco abstraxit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23 fin.:

submersam navim remulco adduxit,

id. ib. 3, 40: naves onerarias remulco Alexandriam deducit, Auct. B. Alex. 11 fin.:

navem remulco trahere,

Liv. 25, 30; 32, 16. — Here prob. belongs the fragment of Sisenna: in altum remulco trahit, Sisenn. ap. Non. 57, 29 (where Nonius erroneously assumes a verb, remulco, āre; cf. supra, the article of Festus, where also remulco forms the heading); Valgius ap. Isid. l. l.; Aus. Idyll. 10, 41; id. Ep. 2, 9; Paul. Nol. Ep. 49. —Prov.:

non contis nec rymulco, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā in rempublicam ferebantur,

Amm. 18, 5, 6.