. 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. CPUS (Mkuwos). Pro-perly, a Greek word, used to desig-nate a row boat, as contradistin-guished from a sailing vessel. xiv. 16. EPICROCUM (tmKpoKov). Pro-perly, a Greek word, used to designatea womans garment; but whether itmeant of a fine texture, or of a saffroncolour, is matter of doubt, for it may
. 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. CPUS (Mkuwos). Pro-perly, a Greek word, used to desig-nate a row boat, as contradistin-guished from a sailing vessel. xiv. 16. EPICROCUM (tmKpoKov). Pro-perly, a Greek word, used to designatea womans garment; but whether itmeant of a fine texture, or of a saffroncolour, is matter of doubt, for it maybe derived from KpoKt] (subtemen), orfrom KpoKos {crocus). Nsevius , vii. 5. Varro, ap. Habitare, p. 318. Festus, s. v. EPIDIFNIS (Mfcoms). Pro-perly, a Greek word, which desig-nates the last course at a Sat. 69. 6. Mart. Bp. xi. 31. EPIDROMUS (brtopofns). Arunning rope attached to the neck ofa tunnel net (cassis), and passing EPIGRUS. EPISTYLIUM. 261 through a set of rings affixed to themouth of the purse, by pulling whichthe huntsman, who lay in ambush,closed the net like a bag, when thegame had been driven into it. N. xix. 2. § 2. Jul. Poll. v. Cyneg. vi. 9. 2. The sail on the mast nearest tothe stern in vessels fitted with more. than one mast. (Jull. Poll. i. Orig. xix. 3. 3.) Pollux andIsidorus differ in some degree fromeach other, one giving the nameto the sail, the other to the mast;but probably the term included themast with the sail belonging to illustration is copied from a bas-relief of the Villa Borghese. 3. Enumerated by Varro (R. 1.) amongst the articles neces-sary for the furniture of an oil pressroom (torcularium), but without anycontext to explain what is meant. EPIGRUS. See Epiurus. EPILIMMA. A sort of unguentof the cheapest and most commondescription. Festus, s. v. EPIRHEDIUM. A hybridword, composed from the Greekpreposition kir\ and the Gallic termRheda; the true meaning of whichis no
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