matĕŏla, ae, f., perh.
a kind of mallet or beetle : si (talea) parum descendet, malleolo aut mateola adigito, Cato R. R. 45, 2; 46, 2 (also ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126).
MATEOLA a town of Apulia, mentioned only by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 3.11. s. 16) among the inland cities o...
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