. 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. to increase the naturalpressure of the body, as shownby the annexed engraving, whichrepresents an instrument of punish-ment formerly used at Mirandola,in the north of Italy, and which, inconfirmation of the suggestion, wascalled by the same name, the colt,il cavaletto. EQUUS. A stallion; properlydistinguished
. 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. to increase the naturalpressure of the body, as shownby the annexed engraving, whichrepresents an instrument of punish-ment formerly used at Mirandola,in the north of Italy, and which, inconfirmation of the suggestion, wascalled by the same name, the colt,il cavaletto. EQUUS. A stallion; properlydistinguished from eqna, a mare, andfrom canterh/s, a gelding. 2. Equits public us. The horse al-lotted by the state to each of the oldRoman knights (equites), for the per-formance of cavalry duty, which waspurchased and kept at the publicexpense. Liv. v. 7. Cic. Phil. Plin. H. N. xxxiii. 9. 3. Equus curtus. A horse whichhad its tail docked (Prop. iv. 1. 20.);not a common practice amongst theancients. Horace applies the sameepithet to a mule (Sat. i. 6. 104.),apparently in disparagement; but acrop-tailed horse was offered annuallyas a sacrifice to Mars (Festus, s. Oc-tober equus); and possibly the smallbronze cast, from which the annexed 266 equus. figure is copied, was intended to com-. memorate that custom. 4. Equus Trojanus. The Trojanhorse, by means of which the Greeksoldiery enclosed in its belly wereenabled, according to the fable, toopen the gates of Troy to their com-rades, and thus captured the city.(Cic. Muren. 37. Hygin. Fab. 108.)Many ancient representations of thisstratagem remain in painting, sculp-ture, and engraved gems, correspond-ing generally with the figure annexed,which is copied from a miniature in
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