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Cillĭba

（κιλλίβας, cillibantium).

1.

In Greece, a trestle or stand for anything, especially for a shield (Aristoph. Ach. 1122).

2.

In Rome, a dining-table, at first square (Varr. L. L. v. 118), and then round.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 1122
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