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Vitruvius · 1550

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thie structuræ dedicate dedicated to Corinthian structures 178
Dij fortes qui who the strong gods are, 178
Dijs fortibus doricæ structuræ ædes dicate Doric buildings dedicated to strong gods 178
Dijs inferis in effossa terra sacrificandum one must sacrifice to the infernal gods in a pit 186
Dij in scenam ex sublimi veniebant gods came onto the stage from above 227
Dij medii qui who the intermediate gods are, 178
Dijs mediis dicatæ ædes Ionicæ structuræ Ionic structures dedicated to intermediate gods 178
Dijs superis terrestribus & inferis ubi sacrificabatur where sacrifices were made to the heavenly, terrestrial, and infernal gods 186
Dinocrates 48
Dioptra surveying instrument 373
Diplasion double, 104
Diplynthius paries double-brick wall, 83
Dipondius libralis two-pound weight 111
Dipteros ædes dipteral temple 111. 112
Directio direction/straight line 3 33 40
Discus disc/quoit 313. 427
Disdiapason double octave, 216
Dispansa ædes a temple with a wide opening 119
Displuviata tecta roofs sloping outward 260
Dispositio disposition/arrangement, 8 84 114
Dispositio arch. quid what architectural disposition is, 16
Dissonantes loci qui which are the dissonant places, 228
Distribution arch. architectural distribution, 18
Divitias & officinæ vestate, artifici authoritatem præbere wealth and workshops provide authority to the artisan 100
Dodrans a measure of nine-twelfths 41. 143
Dolo a type of hook/tool 453
Dolia fictilia earthenware jars, 219
Domus fœneratorum et publicanorum quales the nature of houses for usurers and publicans, 20
Domus urbana qualis the nature of a city house, 19
Donicum pro donec 'donicum' for 'donec' (until) 151
Dorus à quo Dores Dorus, from whom the Dorians (derive) 165
Dorica columnæ xx. angulos habent: vel xx strigibus excavatur Doric columns have twenty angles or are channeled with twenty flutes 183
Doricigeneris partes parts of the Doric style 135
Doron a handbreadth 62
Dora handbreadths 62
Drachma a weight/coin, 104
Druide Gallis Druids among the Gauls 335
Duapondo two-pound weight 477
Dupondium two-pound weight 238. 298
Ductarius funis hauling rope 440
Ductus aquarum conduits of waters, 374
Dyris mons Mount Atlas 346
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Echea resonant vessels (for theaters) 220
Echinus a molding element 124
Ecphoræ venustæ charming projections (of moldings), 153
Ecphoræ mutulorum projections of the modillions, 254
Effectus effect/result, 160. 194
Effectus operum the effect of works, 117
Elegans structura elegant structure 119
Elementa quatuor the four elements 26
Eleodeusium room for anointing with oil 241
Elæothesium room for anointing with oil 241
Ellychnium lamp wick 341
Embater a measurement/base 19. 477
Embates a measurement/base 19. 477
Emboli masculi the male pistons/plungers, 464
Emplastrum plaster/poultice 27. 319
Emplecton a type of masonry, 76. 84
Emporia marketplaces 244
Empyreum cœlum Dei opt. maxi. sedes & beatorum the Empyrean heaven, the seat of God the best and greatest, and of the blessed 413
Encarpus a garland of fruit/flowers 166
Endigo Venet. Venetian indigo 324
Engibata a part of a machine 464
Engonaton a mechanical part, 427
Encyclopædia general education 228
Encaustice encaustic painting 173
Encyclios discipl. the cycle of education 248
Entasis sive adiectio entasis or addition (to the column shaft), 118
Ephœbeum a place for young men to exercise 248
Ephesinæ Dianæ templum trabibus cedrinis tectum the temple of Diana of Ephesus roofed with cedar beams 96
Epibatæ marines/soldiers on shipboard 86
Epidromos a walkway 453
Epigrammata Græca iuxta Clytoriū fontem, aliosque incisa Greek epigrams carved near the Clytorian spring and others 365. 366
Epigrammata eadem Latinè reddita the same epigrams rendered in Latin 367 368
Episcenos the area above the stage, 225
Episcenium the upper story of the stage building, 313 315
Epistomia nozzles/taps 379 431
Epistylium architrave, 6. 79 105
Epistylium sive trabs the architrave or beam 124
Epistylium Corinth. Corinthian architrave 126
Epistyliū compositu composite architrave 136