. 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. extremities of the axle-tree, fancifullyattributed by poets and artists tothe cars of Jupiter and Apollo ( i. 34. 8. Plato, Phced. torn. 321. Bipont), and frequently re-presented on fictile vases, from oneof which the annexed illustration iscopied. 4. Currus triumphalis. A trium- CURSOR. CUSPIS.
. 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. extremities of the axle-tree, fancifullyattributed by poets and artists tothe cars of Jupiter and Apollo ( i. 34. 8. Plato, Phced. torn. 321. Bipont), and frequently re-presented on fictile vases, from oneof which the annexed illustration iscopied. 4. Currus triumphalis. A trium- CURSOR. CUSPIS. 229 phal car, in which the Roman generalwas carried at his triumph. Thiswas not open at the back, like theordinary currus, but was completelycircular, and closed all round ( 21.), as shown by the annexed en-graving, from a medal of Vespasian,. and in the wood-cut s. Corona, 1.,which shows the persons in it. Itspannels were also decorated withcarvings in ivory, which are apparentin the present example, whence it isdesignated as the ivory car (curruseburneus, Pedo Albin. El. i. 333.). 5. A plough with wheels, or thecarriage part of such a plough.(Virg. Georg. i. 174.) See the illus-tration S. CULTER, 7. 6. Currus falcatus. A war chariotfurnished with sharp blades of ironor scythes affixed to the end of thepole and of the axle tree, chieflyemployed by foreign nations. Severaldescriptions of these carriages havecome down to us, but no represent-ations of any one on works of art;consequently, the exact manner inwhich the offensive weapon was at-tached has not been ascertained. 41. Curt. iv. 9. Hirt B. Val. Flacc. vi. 105. CURSOR (crraBievs, crad lodpofAOs).A runner, who runs a race in thestadium. (Cic. Tusc. ii. 23. Nepos,Milt. 4.) The female figure intro-duced s. Strophium, 1. is believed torepresent a Spar
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