. 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. matter, by show-ing how that vessel was occupied byone set of bathers, while the otherswere compelled to stand by untilthey could find a vacant place attheir disposal. SCIMPODIUM (tncifivShov). Asmall couch or sofa, of Greek inven-tion ; or, rather, an invalids chair,constructed so as to support the legsand f
. 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. matter, by show-ing how that vessel was occupied byone set of bathers, while the otherswere compelled to stand by untilthey could find a vacant place attheir disposal. SCIMPODIUM (tncifivShov). Asmall couch or sofa, of Greek inven-tion ; or, rather, an invalids chair,constructed so as to support the legsand feet in an easy position, like ourgouty chair, for it was used by per-sons subject to that complaint duringan access of the malady. Aul. 10. 1. SCINDULA. See Scandula. SCIOTHERICON (aKiodypiKbv).A term coined from the Greek lan-guage (Plin. ii. 78.), for whichthe Latins use Solarium. SCFPIO (<r/aW). A staff and asceptre; applied in the same sense asSceptrum ; both words being onlydifferent forms from the same Greek rOOt (TKrjTTTa). SCIR/PEA or SIR/PEA. A largebasket made of rushes (scirpus) plattedtogether, and employed more espe-cially to form the body of a wagon(plaustrum) used for agricultural pur-poses, as in the annexed examplefrom a marble bas-relief; whence. scirpea stercoraria, a dung-basket ordung-cart. Varro, v. 139. vi. 680. Cato, R. R. x. 3. xi. 4. SCIRPICULA or small portable basket of plattedrush (scirpus), employed for a varietyof purposes, as for holding flowers(Prop. iv. 2. 40.) ; vegetables (LuciLap. Non.) ; as a fishing basket. (Plant,4 F 586 scissor. SCOTIA. The
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