. 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. g orsleeping-room (Plin. Ep. i. .3. 1. cu-bicula nocturna et diurna, Id. ii. 17. 21. Plaut. Most, ill 2. 7.) ; for theRomans were much in the habit ofreposing upon sofas in the day-timeat their studies, meals, siestas, andreceptions. 2. The emperors box at the Circusor amphitheatre, wherein he reclinedin stat
. 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. g orsleeping-room (Plin. Ep. i. .3. 1. cu-bicula nocturna et diurna, Id. ii. 17. 21. Plaut. Most, ill 2. 7.) ; for theRomans were much in the habit ofreposing upon sofas in the day-timeat their studies, meals, siestas, andreceptions. 2. The emperors box at the Circusor amphitheatre, wherein he reclinedin state to view the games (, 12. Plin. Paneg. 51.), insteadof sitting on the open podium, as wasusual in more simple times. CUBFLE (koltt]). In general,any place to lie down in, as a bed, orthe room in which the bed is: whencemore especially used to designate themarriage-bed (Virg. Mn. viii. Med. 151.); a sleeping-room(Cic. Cat. iv. 8. Suet. Nero, 25.);and, indeed, like cubitorium, any oneof the small apartments in a privatehouse usually occupied by the masteror his family. Plin. xv. ; Plin. Paneg. 63. 3. CUBITAL/ (JtrKayK&viov). A bol-ster or cushion for the elbow to restupon, when the figure is otherwise ina recumbent position, such as was used. for the convenience of invalids (Hor,Sat. ii. 3. 255.), or by persons whenreclining at their meals (see Accubo).The illustration is from a figure onthe top of an Etruscan tomb. CUB I TOR I A, sc. vestimenta.(Pet. Sat. 30. 11.) Same as Ccena-tori^ vestes. CUCULLIO or of Cucullus ; the dimin-utive expressing inferiority of quality,rather than of dimensions. 32. mulionico; Capitol. Ver. viatorio; Cato, R. R. ii. 3. CUCULLUS. A piece of paperrolled into the shape of a funnel, inwhich the chemists and other trades- 222 CUCULLUS. CUDO. people of Rome used to wrap thepowders and drugs bought by theircustomers (Mart. Ep. iii. 2.), pre-cisely as the grocer and chandlerss
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