. 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. da) in which the missileis placed, or the thong by which it isprojected; but opinions differ respect-ing which is the proper interpretation,as the term only occurs in a solitarypassage of Livy (xxxviii. 29.). SCUTARIUS. One who makesshields (scuta). Plaut. Epid. i. I. 35. 2. Scutarii. The title given to aclas
. 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. da) in which the missileis placed, or the thong by which it isprojected; but opinions differ respect-ing which is the proper interpretation,as the term only occurs in a solitarypassage of Livy (xxxviii. 29.). SCUTARIUS. One who makesshields (scuta). Plaut. Epid. i. I. 35. 2. Scutarii. The title given to aclass of foreign troops introduced byConstantine; probably as a body-guard. Ammian. xx. 4. SCUTATUS. Armed with theoblong rectangular shield, termedscutum, as exhibitedby the annexed figureof a Roman soldierfrom the column ofTrajan. (Liv. xxviii. 2. Virg. JEn. ) The legion-ary soldiers (legion-arii) on Trajanscolumn are uniform-ly represented witha long square shield,made of a convexform to take theshape of the body; and never, assome writers have supposed, with oneof a long flat oval, or of an hexagonalform; for those figures are withoutexception given to the cavalry (equi-tes), to the Praetorian troops (prceto-riani), or to the enemy and alliedtroops from foreign nations. But. the scutum was likewise used by theSamnites, and consequently wascarried by the Samnite gladiators, asmay be seen by the figure introducedin illustration of that word. SCUTELLA. A diminutive ofScutra. A salver or waiter uponwhich other vessels were placed tobe brought up and handed round to
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