horologium
0 synonyms and 0 antonyms for horologium, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Name — Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.
We haven't recorded synonyms for horologium yet. You can still read its full definition, where it comes from, or words that rhyme with it.
Etymology
See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had writt...
Full origin of horologium →