chiramaxium
chīrămaxĭum, ii, n., = χειραμάξιον,
- a small carriage drawn by slaves, a handwagon, Petr. 28, 4 ( = vehiculum manuale, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 86).
chīramaxium, ī, n. (χειραμάξιον), ein kleiner, mit der Hand gezogener Wagen, Handwagen, Petr. 28, 4 (rein lat. vehiculum manuale, Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 6, 86).
chīrămaxĭum, (16) ĭī, n. (χειραμάξιον), voiture à bras : Petr. 28, 4.
CHIRAMAXIUM
CHIRAMAX´IUM(χειράμαξα, χειραμάξιον), any wheeled carriage drawn by the hand. Its use may have varied between a perambulator for children and a Bath chair for invalids: the only classical passage (Petron. 28) leaves this point uncertain.
[W.S] [W.W]Chiramaxium
(χειράμαξα, χειραμάξιον). A sort of perambulator, or wheeled chair, drawn by hand. (See Petronius, 28.) In the accompanying illustration of a marble, the wheels are evidently ornamental.