A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ken of as a place of execution in the followingpassages:—In robore et tenebris exspirare ( 59 ; Sallust, I. c.).. Robur et saacum () minitari (Tacit. Ann. iv. 29). So alsowe read of the catenas — et Ralum robur. ( ii. 13. 18.) [R. W.] CARCERES. [Circus.] CARCHESIUM (icapxvo-iov). 1. A beakeror drinking-cup, which was used by the Greeks invery early times, so that one is said to have beengiven by Jupiter to Alcmena on the night of hisvisit to her. (Pherccydes, p. 97—100, ed. Sturtz.)It was slightly contracted in the
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ken of as a place of execution in the followingpassages:—In robore et tenebris exspirare ( 59 ; Sallust, I. c.).. Robur et saacum () minitari (Tacit. Ann. iv. 29). So alsowe read of the catenas — et Ralum robur. ( ii. 13. 18.) [R. W.] CARCERES. [Circus.] CARCHESIUM (icapxvo-iov). 1. A beakeror drinking-cup, which was used by the Greeks invery early times, so that one is said to have beengiven by Jupiter to Alcmena on the night of hisvisit to her. (Pherccydes, p. 97—100, ed. Sturtz.)It was slightly contracted in the middle, and itstwo handles extended from the top to the bottom.(Athen. xi. p. 474 ; Macrob. Sat. v. 21.) It wasmuch employed in libations of blood, wine, milk,and honey. (Sappho, Frag. 70, ed. Neue ; iv. 380, Aen. v. 77 ; Ovid, Met. vii. 246;Stat. Acldll. ii. 6.) The annexed woodcut repre-sents a magnificent carchesium, which was pre-sented by Charles the Simple to the Abbey ofSt. Denys. It was cut out of a single agate, and. richly engraved with representations of bacchana-lian subjects. It held considerably more than apint, and its handles were so large as easily toadmit a mans hand. 2. The upper part of the mast of a ship.[Navis.] CARDO (&aip6s, crrpocpevs, crrpo<pLy^ yiyyKv-y-os), a hinge, a pivot. The first figure in the an-nexed woodcut is designed to show the generalform of a door, as we find it with a pivot at thetop and bottom (a, b) in ancient remains of stone,marble, wood, and bronze. The second figure re-presents a bronze hinge in the Egyptian collectionof the British Museum : its pivot (b) is exactlycylindrical. Under these is drawn the thresholdof a temple, or other large edifice, with the plan ofthe folding doors. The pivots move in holes fittedto receive them (&, b), each of which is in an angle CARNEIA. 241 behind the antepagmentum {marmoreo aeratus
Size: 1937px × 1290px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsmithwilliam18131893, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840
