. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. e the term togata cameto have the more usual significationof a prostitute (Hor. Sat. i. 2. 63.), oran adulteress (Mart. vi. 64.). 2. Togata fabula, A play in whichthe incidents and characters wereselected from Roman life, and con-sequently represented by actors in thetoga or national costume. Cic. Sext55. Sen
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. e the term togata cameto have the more usual significationof a prostitute (Hor. Sat. i. 2. 63.), oran adulteress (Mart. vi. 64.). 2. Togata fabula, A play in whichthe incidents and characters wereselected from Roman life, and con-sequently represented by actors in thetoga or national costume. Cic. Sext55. Sen. Ep. 8. TOGULA. Diminutive of Toga; the diminutive sometimes denotingfineness of texture, and consequentlyincreased value, as in Cicero (Att. ), where it is applied to the togapicta; at others, inferiority of size ormaterial, as in Cic. Pis. 23. Mart,ix. 101., and consequently conveyinga sentiment of depreciation. TOLLENO (fcfiAoov, -d>veioi>). Aswipe; a very simple machine forraising water from a well, still com-monly used in many parts of consists of a long pole, with a bucketand rope at one of its ends, and a weightat the other, poised at the centre ofgravity across a strong upright; or,when of very great length, as in theannexed example, working on a per-. manent structure made for the purpose.(Festus, s. v. Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. Plin. H. N. xix. 20.)The illustration is from a Pompeianpainting, which represents an Egyp-tian landscape. It shows the well,with the bucket (situla) suspended overit; the beam is worked by two men,and has precisely the bent form de-scribed by Martial, ix. 19. antlia curva. 2. A machine of similar construc-tion, used in military and naval ope-rations for raising up a body of mento a level with the enemys ramparts,&c. Liv. xxiv. 34. xxxviii. 5. iv. 21. TOMACINA (rsti&xiov). (Var-ro, R. R. ii. 4. 10.) Same as TOMACULUM. A mincedmeat pudding, or sort of sausage,made of the internal parts of a pig(Juv. x.
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