saburra

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

săburra, ae, f. [kindr. with sabulo],

sand , esp. in ships as ballast: onerarias multā saburrā gravatas, Liv. 37, 14 fin. : fluctu jactante saburram, Verg. G. 4, 195; Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201; 10, 23, 30, § 60.

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