. 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. al form of the object itself is un-known. ONERARIA. (Cic. Att. x. 12.)See Navis, 1. OF A or OFE (ottV?). A Greekterm, for which the Roman architectsemployed the word columbarium.(Vitruv. iv. 2. 4.) It signifies thebed or cavity in which the head of atie-beam (tignum) rests; whence thespace between one opa or
. 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. al form of the object itself is un-known. ONERARIA. (Cic. Att. x. 12.)See Navis, 1. OF A or OFE (ottV?). A Greekterm, for which the Roman architectsemployed the word columbarium.(Vitruv. iv. 2. 4.) It signifies thebed or cavity in which the head of atie-beam (tignum) rests; whence thespace between one opa or tignum andanother was termed metopa or inter-tignium. OPERCULUM (™». A lidor cover for ajar, pot, or other vesselof similar description. (Cato, R. Columell. viii. 8. 7.) See thethree last illustrations. 2. Operculum ambulatorium, Asliding or moveable lid, which mightbe depressed or raised, so as to coverexactly the contents in the vessel itbelonged to, like that now used forsnuff and tobacco jars. The Romanssometimes covered their beehiveswith lids of this kind, in order thatthe size of the honeycomb and hivemight be exactly proportioned toeach other. Plin. H. N. xxi. 47. OPERIMENTUM. A generalname for anything which serves as acover or covering. OPIFER^. Probably a cor-. ruption of hyper ce (virepai). The OPIFICINA. OFTIONES. 453 ropes attached to the extreme endsof the sail yard {antenna), for thepurpose of bracing the yard roundto the wind, called by our sailors thebraces. (Isidor. Orig. xix. 4. Od. v. 260.) They are veryplainly indicated in the example an-nexed, from the device on a terra-cotta lamp, each handled by a differ- jent sailor in the act of bracing round jthe yard by their assistance. OPIFICFNA. (Plaut. Mil iii. ) Same as Officina ; which,though a contraction, is the moreusual form. OPIL/IO (oloiroKos). A shepherd,or a shepherd boy who watches a j
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