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hydraulus
[ hahy-draw-luhs ]
noun
plural hydrauli hydrauluses.
- a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hydraulus1
1870–75; < Latin < Greek ³óý»å°ù²¹³Ü±ô´Ç²õ water organ, equivalent to hydr- hydr- 1 + ²¹³Ü±ôó²õ pipe
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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.
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