De Die Natali Liber

Censorinus

Deinde aliquanto post P. Cornelius Nasica censor ex aqua fecit horarium, quod et ipsum ex consuetundine noscendi a sole horas solarium coeptum vocari.

Then somewhat later P. Cornelius Nasica, the censor, made a water clock which also itself began to be called a "sundial," from the custom of knowing the hours from the sun.

Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.

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