. 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. engraved gem, represents Cupidsharpening his arrows on a grind-stone, exactly as described by Horace(Od. ii. 8. 15. ardentes acuens sagittasCote omenta. COSMETH. Ladies maids;slaves whose duty it was to attendthe toilet of the Roman ladies, andassist in dressing and adorning theirmistresses. Juv. Sat. vi. 477
. 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. engraved gem, represents Cupidsharpening his arrows on a grind-stone, exactly as described by Horace(Od. ii. 8. 15. ardentes acuens sagittasCote omenta. COSMETH. Ladies maids;slaves whose duty it was to attendthe toilet of the Roman ladies, andassist in dressing and adorning theirmistresses. Juv. Sat. vi. 477. Hein-dorf. ad Hor. Sat i. 2. 98. COTHURNATUS. Wearing thecothurnus, as explained and illustratedin the next word. COTHURNUS (k69oPvos). Ahigh boot of Greek original, usuallyworn by huntsmen, and persons ad-dicted to the sports of the field. Itwas a leather boot, enveloping theentire foot (whence cothurno calceatus,Plin. H. N. vii. 19.) and leg as far as
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