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losas sesquipedales

English translation: sesquipedal/sesquipedalian slabs/tiles/flagstone


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Spanish term or phrase:losas sesquipedales
English translation:sesquipedal/sesquipedalian slabs/tiles/flagstone
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16:38 Jun 4, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Archaeology / Furnaces for production of ceramics, etc (Roman era)
Spanish term or phrase: losas sesquipedales
El otro horno se trataba de un abovedamiento de adobes idéntico a los otros, con un paramento de tégulas similar, pero circunscritos a una zanja rectangular abierta en la tierra virgen, de poca profundidad y pavimentada con losas sesquipedales y fragmentos de tégulas
peterinmadrid
Local time: 21:04
sesquipedal/sesquipedalian slabs/tiles/flagstone
Explanation:
Vuelvo a incluir esta opción, pues veo que puede ser correcta y hemos podido encontrar varias referencias que así lo confirman.

gray , Manufacturers, Products, Machinery, Suppliers, Providers,- [ Translate this page ]Product:, gilidium sesquipedal, gracilaria ... Product:, stone, granite, marble, tiles, slabs, counter top, vanity top, sinks, flooring, paving, fireplace, ...
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On the left side, we have sections of floorings in opus signinum ( decorated by geometrical and floral patterns, in tesserae), recovered in houses belonging to the late Republican Age (end of the II - I century b.C.).
Below and on the opposite side of the room, we can see samplings of brick building materials: tabuli for water pipes, sesquipedalian (45x30 cm) and semi-sesquipedalian bricks, elements for suspensurae (small columns to support suspended and heated floorings), tiles and a circular sections for the construction of columns.
In the next corridor, on the right, there are parts of mosaic floorings belonging to the Imperial Age, with different decorations and inserts in opus sectile (composition in small tesserae made of polychrome marbles). Along the opposite wall we have some lead pipes (fistulae) used for the distribution of water to the public buildings.


www.comune.sarsina.fo.it/inglese/museoarch/sale.htm
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sesquipedal/sesquipedalian slabs/tiles/flagstone


Explanation:
Vuelvo a incluir esta opción, pues veo que puede ser correcta y hemos podido encontrar varias referencias que así lo confirman.

gray , Manufacturers, Products, Machinery, Suppliers, Providers,- [ Translate this page ]Product:, gilidium sesquipedal, gracilaria ... Product:, stone, granite, marble, tiles, slabs, counter top, vanity top, sinks, flooring, paving, fireplace, ...
www.commerce.com.tw/search.php?modules=company&category=&k=... - 85k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 1 hora (2007-06-04 17:39:32 GMT)
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ROOMS C-D


On the left side, we have sections of floorings in opus signinum ( decorated by geometrical and floral patterns, in tesserae), recovered in houses belonging to the late Republican Age (end of the II - I century b.C.).
Below and on the opposite side of the room, we can see samplings of brick building materials: tabuli for water pipes, sesquipedalian (45x30 cm) and semi-sesquipedalian bricks, elements for suspensurae (small columns to support suspended and heated floorings), tiles and a circular sections for the construction of columns.
In the next corridor, on the right, there are parts of mosaic floorings belonging to the Imperial Age, with different decorations and inserts in opus sectile (composition in small tesserae made of polychrome marbles). Along the opposite wall we have some lead pipes (fistulae) used for the distribution of water to the public buildings.


www.comune.sarsina.fo.it/inglese/museoarch/sale.htm


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agree  Rachel Fell: see above - maybe we use the Latin term in Eng.- sesquipedalis bricks here - \\or sesquipedales in italics -http://tinyurl.com/2rc8jb
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neutral  Jim Tucker: still only one ghit for sequipedalIS - need to substantiate; the links are still Taiwanese and Italian; I would go with "sesquipedal" but not -ian (I looked at the Italian link and it was not written by a native speaker - though very good)
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Jun 9, 2007 - Changes made by Smartranslators:
Edited KOG entrypeterinmadrid's old entry - "losas sesquipedales" => "sesquipedal/sesquipedalian slabs/tiles/flagstone"


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