. 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. and not be blown over it with thechaff. 2. Vannus mystica. The mysticvan of Bacchus; a basket of similardescription to the last, but which wascarried upon the i^^^^OTMlLhead or shoulderin the ceremo-nials of Bacchus,containing the sa-crificial utensilsand first-fruit offer-ings, as shown bythe annexed ngurefr
. 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. and not be blown over it with thechaff. 2. Vannus mystica. The mysticvan of Bacchus; a basket of similardescription to the last, but which wascarried upon the i^^^^OTMlLhead or shoulderin the ceremo-nials of Bacchus,containing the sa-crificial utensilsand first-fruit offer-ings, as shown bythe annexed ngurefrom a bas-relief in terra-cotta ( 724. Virg. Georg. i. 166.) ;but in the poetical and dignified dic-tion of Virgil, the expression is usedto designate the agricultural winnow-ing-van last described, which indicatesthat both objects were of similar cha-racter and materials. 3. The Greek term also signifies acradle, made out of a winnowing-van,in which the ancients used to deposittheir infants, as an omen of futurewealth and prosperity. (Schol. Callim. Jov. 48.) Jupiter andMercury are said to have been thuscradled (Horn. Merc. 150. 254. Cal-. lim. I. c.) ; and the annexed illustra-tion from a bas-relief in terra-cotta,represents the infant Bacchus in avan of the same character, which, inthe original composition is borne be-tween a Faun and a Bacchante. VAPORARIUM. A stove orfurnace for heating apartments byflues (Cic. Q. Fr. iii. 1. 1.); same as YAPP A. VEHES. 713 Hypocausis. under which an ex-planation and illustration are given. VAPPA. Wine which has lostits flavour and become quite insipid,from having undergone excessive fer-mentation and subsequent exposureto the air (Plin. H. N. xiv. 25. ii. 3. 144.) ; whence the term islikewise used to designate a spend-thrift, who wastes his means in Sat. 1. 1. 104. Plin. VARA (o-raXis). A stake with afork or crutch at the top, employedby huntsmen to set their nets upon,
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