. 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. eir ordinarycivil costume being the toga andtunica, with the latus clavus; theirmilitary one, the paludamentum, lorica,and parazonium. Consequently, onworks of art, they are representedwithout any very distinctive marks ;either simply draped in the toga, orin the same military costume as othersuperior officer
. 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. eir ordinarycivil costume being the toga andtunica, with the latus clavus; theirmilitary one, the paludamentum, lorica,and parazonium. Consequently, onworks of art, they are representedwithout any very distinctive marks ;either simply draped in the toga, orin the same military costume as othersuperior officers; as on the consularcoins of Cn. Piso, and of Cinna, inSpanheim, vol. ii. pp. 88. 91. CONTABULATIO. The longparallel folds in a loose garment, suchas the toga, palla,pallium, &c, whichhang down fromthe shoulders, andpresent the appear-ance of folding orlapping over oneanother, like aboarding of planksin a wooden build-ing, as is plain-ly demonstrated bythe lines at the backof the annexed fi-gure, from a fictilevase. Apul. p. 240. Compare Tertull. de and Corrugis. C O N T A R11, and CONTATI(Kovr6(popoC). Soldiers armed with thelong pike styled contus. Grut. 40. 2. and 3. Veget. 6. Arrian. Tact. p. 15. See Con-tus, 3. CONTIGNATIO. The wood-. work of beams and joists which sup-ports the flooring in a building ofseveral stories (Vitruv. vi. 5. Pallad. i. 9.); whence also used to designatethe floor or story itself. Cses. B. C. ii, 9. Liv. xxi. A game in which feats of leaping weredisplayed by men who made use of apole (contus) to assist their Justin. Cod. 3. 43. 3. Com-pare Monobolon. CONTUBERNALES ((t^kwol).Comrades or mess-mates ; i. e. soldierswho shared the same quarters, andlived together under the same tent;each tent being occupied by ten men,with a subaltern (decanus), somethinglike our sergeant or corporal, at theirhead. Festus. s. v. Veg. Mil. ii. 13. Cic. Ligar. 7. Hirt. BellAlex. 16. 2. Young m
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