remulcum

rĕmulcum (rymulcum, acc. to the Gr., Amm.18, 5, 6), i (for the most part only in abl.), n. [ῥυμουλκέω], nautical t. t.,

• a tow-rope, or any other contrivance for towing: remulcum funis, quo deligata navis magnā trahitur vice remi, Isid. Orig. 19, 4, 8: remulco est, cum scaphae remis navis magna trahitur, Fest. p. 279 Müll.: navem remulco abstraxit, Caes. B. C. 2, 23 fin.: submersam navim remulco adduxit, id. ib. 3, 40: naves onerarias remulco Alexandriam deducit, Auct. B. Alex. 11 fin.: navem remulco trahere, Liv. 25, 30; 32, 16. — Here prob. belongs the fragment of Sisenna: in altum remulco trahit, Sisenn. ap. Non. 57, 29 (where Nonius erroneously assumes a verb, remulco, āre; cf. supra, the article of Festus, where also remulco forms the heading); Valgius ap. Isid. l. l.; Aus. Idyll. 10, 41; id. Ep. 2, 9; Paul. Nol. Ep. 49. —Prov.: non contis nec rymulco, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā in rempublicam ferebantur, Amm.18, 5, 6.

remulcum, ī, n. (v. ῥυμουλκέω, st. ῥυμὸν ἕλκω), das Schlepptau, navem remulco trahere, ins Schlepptau nehmen, schleppen, Liv.: ebenso navem remulco abstrahere, Caes.: navem remulco adducere, Caes.: in altum remulco retrahere, Sisenn. hist. fr. – Sprichw., non contis nec remulco, ut aiunt, sed velificatione plenā, Amm. 18, 5, 6.

remulcum [CL], ~us, rope with which a ship is towed or moored. b barge. tum tua prelongo ducatur prora remulco Alcuin Carm. 4. 4; longo sua prora remulco / navita qua properans ut sistat ab aequore fessus Id. SS Ebor 28; 10‥ ~um, tohline WW; remulcare, navem ducere, unde et ~us, id est funis cum quo navis ducitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 505; [navis] moveri non poterat, et multis pellentibus, pulvinis suppositis, tensisque ~is, cassus est conatus W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 6.  b a barge, cimba, -ae, ~us, -i Levins Manip. 31.

rĕmulcum, (14) ī, n. (ῥυμουλκέω), [le nomin. est inusité] corde pour hâler, câble pour remorquer : remulco abstrahere Cæs. C. 2, 23, 5 ; adducere Cæs. C. 3, 40, 1 ; trahere Liv. 25, 30, 7, remorquer || [fig.] [prov.] non contis, non remulcis ferebatur Amm. 18, 5, 6, il nʼallait pas lentement (au croc et à la remorque).

(remulcum) ī, n

• MEL-, a tow-rope: navem remulco abstraxit, Cs.: navem remulco trahere, L.

REMULCUM

REMULCUM(ῥῦμα, ῥυμουλκεῖν τὰς ναῦς), a rope for towing a ship ( Remulcum, funis, quo deligata navis magna trahitur vice remi, Isid. Orig. 19.4.8; Remulco est, quum scaphae remis navis magna trahitur, Festus, s. v.; comp. Caes. B.C. 2.23, 3.40; Hirt. B. Alex. 11; Liv. 25.30, 32.16-Z2; Plb. 1.27, 28, 3.46-Z2). Looking to the form of the word ῥυμουλκεῖν, and the frequent use of ῥῦμα for the tow-rope (Plb. 1.26, 14, &c.), we can hardly doubt that the word remulcum is borrowed from the Greek, and that the connexion with remus is false. The ships were no doubt often towed by boats with oars, but this word would be used whatever might be the method of towing. In Latin of the best age it is found only in the ablative.

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Remulcum

(ῥῦμα). A rope for towing a ship.