. 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. vessels, fruits, and viands offered tothem at the solemn feast of the lecti-sternium, as exhibited by the annexedwood-cut, from a terra-cotta , s. v. Cic. N. D. iii. 34. ii. 764. 9. A table or stand upon whichsome tradesmen, such as greengrocers,poulterers, fishmongers, &c. displayedtheir
. 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. vessels, fruits, and viands offered tothem at the solemn feast of the lecti-sternium, as exhibited by the annexedwood-cut, from a terra-cotta , s. v. Cic. N. D. iii. 34. ii. 764. 9. A table or stand upon whichsome tradesmen, such as greengrocers,poulterers, fishmongers, &c. displayedtheir commodities for sale in the. streets and markets. (Hor. Sat. 37.) The illustration represents astand of this kind covered with vege-tables, poultry, and fish, in the forumat Herculaneum, from a painting dis-covered in that city. The ownersits by the side of his stand, while acustomer presents a plate for thearticle purchased; the jars on theground also contain eatables. 10. Mensa lanionia. A butcherschopping-block; probably similar tothose still used by the same class oftradesmen. Suet. Claud. 15. 11. Mensa argentaria. A money-dealers table or counter, upon whichhe sets out the sums of money requiredfor transacting his daily routine ofbusiness. (Donat. ad Terent. Ad. 13. Compare Hor. Sat. ii. 3. 148.)It is to this early practice that ourterms banker and bankrupt owe their origin, which have come tous through the language of the Flo-rentines, the principal bankers ofEurope during the middle ages. Atthis period they used to set out theirmoney, like the old Romans, upon awooden bench or bank, 44 banco;he
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