. 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. ion of conical form. Vitruv. ix. 8. 1. CONVIVIUM ((TVuBeLTTPOV, Io-t/- aais). A feast, or banquet; but atregular and proper hours, and with-out any implied notion of debaucheryor excess ; in which respect it differsfrom comissatio, which was a pro-tracted revel after the Senect. 13. Id. Verr. i
. 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. ion of conical form. Vitruv. ix. 8. 1. CONVIVIUM ((TVuBeLTTPOV, Io-t/- aais). A feast, or banquet; but atregular and proper hours, and with-out any implied notion of debaucheryor excess ; in which respect it differsfrom comissatio, which was a pro-tracted revel after the Senect. 13. Id. Verr. ii. 4. Offic. iii. 14. COOPERCULUM. COQUUS. 201 COOPER7CULUM. Same asOperculum. COOPERTORIUM. Loose cloth-ing, as a covering for animals, ob-jects, or persons. Veg. Vet iii. Dig. 34. 2. 39. COPA. A girl who frequentsthe taverns, where she gains a liveli-hood by dancing, singing, and play-ing for the amusement of the com-pany. Suet. Nero, 27. Virg. Copa, 1. COPADIA. Delicacies for thetable, or dainties for vi. 1. vii. 6. COPHINUS (fcfywos). A largekind of basket or hamper, very gene-rally employed in gardening andhusbandry (Columell. xi. 3. 51.), aswell as for other purposes. ( iii. 14. Id. vi. 542.) The illus-tration annexed, which is copied. from an engraved gem, probably re-presents a basket of this description ;the flowers placed in it indicate itsuse, and the size is declared by therebeing two persons to support it, COPIS (kottls). A scimitar; asword with a convex edge {lenitercurvatus, Curt. viii. 14.), and, conse- COPO. See Caupo. COPONA. See Caupona. COPREA (KOTTpias). A jester orbuffoon; a word first introducedunder the Roman emperors ( 61. Claud. 8. Dio Cass. ); in whose palaces stich charac-ters were kept, like the kings jestersof the middle ages. COPT A (kotttv). A sort of hardcake or biscuit, which would keepfor a long time, and might be trans-mitted to great distances. The islandof Rhodes was famed for its manu
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