Definitions for horologia

horologia hor·o·lo·gi·um

Spelling: [hawr-uh-loh-jee-uh m, hor-]
IPA: /ˌhɔr əˈloʊ dʒi əm, ˌhɒr-/

Horologia is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in horologia (aghilooor).

Definitions for horologia

noun

  1. a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
  2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Clock, a small southern constellation between Eridanus and Dorado.

Origin of horologia

1655-65; Latin Greek hōrológion, equivalent to hōrológ(os) timeteller (hōro-, combining form of hṓra hour + -log-, variant stem of légein to speak, tell + -os adj. su

Examples for horologia

The following important passages then occur (Hugenii, horologium oscillatorium, pars secunda).

Varro calls the tower of Andronicus horologium, a word which Salmasius wishes to change into aurologium.

In 1669 he published his important work, "horologium Oscillatorium."

Horologe, (Orologe), (horologium)A general term applied indiscriminately in old writings to any mechanism for measuring time.

Reticulum, the Net, is a small constellation to the east of Hydrus and horologium.

And that's where that horologium you were talking about came from, too.

Of course it will be necessary to adjust the horologium Florae (or Flower clock) to the nature of the climate.

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