. 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. CINCINNUS (eA/£). A ringlet,or long corkscrew curl of hair, likethe twist of a fringe(Cic. Pis. 11.), or thetendril of a vine(Varro, Ii. R. i. ), as in the exam-ple, from the Columnof Trajan. Thoughringlets of this kindare natural to somefew individuals, the term mostlyimplies that they were artificially
. 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. CINCINNUS (eA/£). A ringlet,or long corkscrew curl of hair, likethe twist of a fringe(Cic. Pis. 11.), or thetendril of a vine(Varro, Ii. R. i. ), as in the exam-ple, from the Columnof Trajan. Thoughringlets of this kindare natural to somefew individuals, the term mostlyimplies that they were artificiallyproduced with the curling-irons. CINCTICULUS. Diminutive ofCiNCTUS, -us; a short petticoat orkilt worn by boys round the loins inthe same way as the cinctus by grown-up persons. Plaut. Bacch. iii. 3. 28. CINCTORIUM. A belt wornround the waist, for the purpose ofattaching the sword(Mela, ii. 1.), as con-tradistinguished fromthe baldrick (balteus),which was slung overthe shoulder. Theconsuls, tribunes, andsuperior officers of theRoman army are al-ways represented onthe columns and arch-es with their swordsattached by a cinctori-um, as in the example,from a bas-relief inthe Capitol at Rome;but the orderlies, carry theirs suspended from a , -us (SicSfoua, Trepifa^a).. common men,
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