. 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. andtightishsleeve,which li i|f\| covered the fleshy part fj, J j H! of the arm from the J/jl \ |ft I! shoulder to the elbow- w jJJ|lfj joint. (Lucan, ii. 363. JfSuppara nudatos cingunt /j| ilI angusta lacertos.) There % 1 \ ] I are no passages which Ld iMlprescribe its length ; butthe other objects expressed
. 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. andtightishsleeve,which li i|f\| covered the fleshy part fj, J j H! of the arm from the J/jl \ |ft I! shoulder to the elbow- w jJJ|lfj joint. (Lucan, ii. 363. JfSuppara nudatos cingunt /j| ilI angusta lacertos.) There % 1 \ ] I are no passages which Ld iMlprescribe its length ; butthe other objects expressed by thesame term naturally lead the imagi-nation to a short vest, which sets| upon the upper part of the person, as! a topsail above the mainsail, or a| banner on the top of its shaft, likethe annexed figure, from a bas-reliefj found at Herculaneum, and the oneintroduced s. Subucula. SUPPEDANEUM (^ow6Blou).(Isidor. Orig. xx. 11. 8. Lactant.)t A foot-stool; same as Scabellum or | SCAMNUM. SUPPLEX. One who supplicatesI in a kneeling posture, or with hisknees bent under him (sub and plico),. as the annexed figure of a German! captive supplicating Trajan, from the! column of that emperor. Virg. Cic. & SUPPLICATIO. A prayingupon the bent knees, or in a kneelingposture, as contradistinguished fromthe erect one (precatio), in which theRomans usually offered up theiri prayers. 2. The supplicatio was also a solemnI public thanksgiving offered to the4 M 634 SUPPOSITITII. SYMPHONIA. gods, when all the temples werethrown open, and the statues of thedeities brought out and placed uponcouches for the people to worship,which, it may be presumed from theterm, was done by kneeling downbefore them. Liv. Cic. &c. S U P P O S IT IT 11. Substitutes;the name given to gladiators substi-tuted in the room of others who hadbeen defeated or killed. Mart. v. 24. SUSPENSURA. In general, anybuilding or flooring raised from theground by being supported uponarches, pillars, or piles; and espe-cially applied
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