petaurum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕtaurum, i, n., = πέταυρον,

a stage or spring-board used by tumblers and rope-dancers, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. petauristae, p. 206 Müll.; Mart. 2, 86, 8; 11, 21, 3; Juv. 14, 265; Manil. 5, 434; Petr. Fragm. 13.

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