nounchōrŏbătesCHOROBATES☆ KeepMeaningan instrument for finding the level of waterLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879CHOROBATESLEWIS & SHORTCHOROBATESchōrŏbătes, ae, m., = χωροβάτης. I. an instrument for finding the level of water, a ground-level, Vitr. 8, 5, 1 Schneid.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesAntiquitiesChorobatesChorobates (χωροβάτης), an instrument for determining the slope of an aqueduct and the levels of the country through which it was to pass. From the de…