nouninsĭlĭaINSILIA☆ KeepMeaningthe treadleLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879INSILIALEWIS & SHORTINSILIAinsĭlĭa, ĭum, n. plur. [insilio], I. the treadle of a weaver's loom, Lucr. 5, 1353.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesAntiquitiesInsiliaInsilia from insilire, a part of the loom (only in Lucret. 5.1353). They were supposed to be the treadles, pressed by the weaver's foot; but the epith…