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Vitruvius · 1543

A.
ABACUS 88, 89, 96, 101, 112.
Fir tree 13, 61, 118.
Upper fir 67, 66.
Fir rafts 65.
Projection/recession 10, 167.
Abstemious/temperate 196.
Marshy abundance 134.
Access/approach 257.
Maple sap 196.
Acetification 196.
Acanthus 47, 9.
Keenness of the eyes 134, 167.
Acid juice 196.
Sharpness/acrimony 63.
Acroterion 90, 159.
Actor/agent 115, 132.
Act/action 202.
Addition 224.
Increase/addiction 23, 85, 89, 107, 134, 146.
Entrance/approach 1, 18, 77, 81, 112, 122, 131, 139.
To drive/impel 19.
Administration 225.
Air, healthy or pestilential 6.
Temple/shrine 70, 73, 77, 79, 82, 85, 88, 95, 108, 111, 112, 113.
Temple of Augustus 119.
Corinthian temple 13.
Doric temple 12, 93, 94, 149.
Ionic temple 12, 93, 104.
Small shrine/niche 176.
Columnar temples 112.
Round temples 112.
Sacred temples 93, 103, 104, 105, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 122, 133.
Building 13, 34, 37, 103.
Builder 160.
Aedileship 56.
Aeolipile a primitive steam turbine 22.
Equilibrium/balanced 140.
Equilateral 221.
Counterpoise 237.
Acratian denarius a coin 73.
Coppersmith 47.
Treasury 121.
Stamped bronze/money 72, 73.
Verdigris 183, 196.
Cyprian copper 182.
Summer season 155, 172.
Estuary 204.
Aether 215.
Southwest wind 26.
Earthwork/mound 19, 199.
Aggregation 261.
Illiterate 7.