noun

tēmo

gen. tēmōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

root tek-; cf.: texo, telum

a beam; pole; tongue

a beam, pole, tongue of a plough, carriage, cart, etc.

Lit., Varr L. L. 7, § 73; Col. 6, 2, 7; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 109; Verg. G. 3, 173; Ov. M. 2, 107; 11, 258 al.—

by extension

A wagon poetic •

(Pars pro toto.) A wagon (poet.): de temone Britanno Excidet Arviragus, Juv. 4, 126. —

The constellation called the Wain; Wagon of Bootes; Charles

The constellation called the Wain or Wagon of Bootes, Charles's Wain, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 (Trag. v. 245 Vahl.); Stat. Th. 1, 370; 1, 692; cf. Cic. 1. 1.; Ov. M. 10, 447.—

A pole

A pole, Col. 6, 19, 2.

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