A dictionary of Greek and Roman . sformed into a sling, by means of which stones werethrown. (Lucan. iii. 710 ; Valer. Flacc. v. 609.)[Funda.] 4. To thongs by means of which thesandals were fastened to the feet. (Gellius, 4.) From this passage it is also clear that thehabenae in this case were not always made ofleather, but of strings or chords, whence Gelliuscalls them teretes lwbenae. 5. To the thongs formedinto a scourge with which young slaves were chas-tised. (Horat. Epist. ii. 2. 15.) The commenta-tors on this passage, indeed, differ about the meaningof habenae ; b
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . sformed into a sling, by means of which stones werethrown. (Lucan. iii. 710 ; Valer. Flacc. v. 609.)[Funda.] 4. To thongs by means of which thesandals were fastened to the feet. (Gellius, 4.) From this passage it is also clear that thehabenae in this case were not always made ofleather, but of strings or chords, whence Gelliuscalls them teretes lwbenae. 5. To the thongs formedinto a scourge with which young slaves were chas-tised. (Horat. Epist. ii. 2. 15.) The commenta-tors on this passage, indeed, differ about the meaningof habenae ; but if we consider the expressions ofUlpian (Dig. 29. tit. 5. s. 33), impuberes serviterreri tantum solent, et habena vel ferula caedi, it isclear that the habena is the scourge itself. ( Heroid. ix. 81 ; Virg. Aen. vii. 380.) [L. S.] HABTTATIO. [Servitutes.] HAERES. [Heres.] HALIA (aXta). [Agora.] HALMA (a\fw). [Pentathlon.] HALOA (oASa). [Aloa.] HALTERES (a\rripes) were certain massesof stone or metal, which were used in the gymnastic. exercises of the Greeks and Romans. Personswho practised leaping often performed their exer-cises with halteres in both hands ; but they werealso frequently used merely to exercise the body in somewhat the same manner as our dumb-bells.(Martial, xiv. 49, vii. 67. 6 ; Pollux, iii. 155, ; graves massae, Juv. vii. 421 ; Senec. Ep. 15,56.) Pausanias (v. 26. § 3, v. 27. § 8, vi. 3. § 4)speaks of certain statues of athletes who were re-presented with halteres. They appear to havebeen made of various forms and sizes. The pre-ceding woodcut is taken from Tassie, Catalogue,&c. pi. 46, No. 7978. (Mercurialis, De ArteGymnastica, ii. 12 ; Becker, Gallus, vol. i. p. 277 ;Krause, Die Gymnastik und Agonistik der Hellene®,vol. i. p. 395.) HAMAXA (o^ofa). [Harmamaxa ; Plaus- TRUM.] HAMAXOPODES (qua&nrrffcs), in Latin,ARBUSCULAE, appear to have been cylindricalpieces of wood, placed vertically, and with a socketcut in the lower end, to receive th
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