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I. a groom, stableboy (ante- and post-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 105, 14; 32 sq.; Val. Max. 7, 3 ext. 2; App. M. 7, p. 194: equisones nautici, who draw vessels along by ropes, Varr. ap. Non. 106, 1; id. 451, 4.