Advertisement
Advertisement
hydraulus
[ hahy-draw-luhs ]
noun
, plural hy·drau·li [hahy-, draw, -lahy], hy·drau·lus·es.
- a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of hydraulus1
1870–75; < Latin < Greek hýdraulos water organ, equivalent to hydr- hydr- 1 + aulós pipe
Discover More
Example Sentences
The first mechanical pipe organ, a water-driven monster called a hydraulus, so awed the ancients that they enshrined it in a temple of Venus.
They called it an hydraulus because air was fed into its pipes by a water contrivance.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse