thōmix

icis, f.
I. a cord, string, line, thread, Lucil. ap. Fest. pp. 356 and 357 Müll.; Vitr. 7, 3; Col. 12, 32; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 62; Pall. 1, 13, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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