. 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. ed in numbersat different periods of the Romanhistory, accordingly as the legionitself was increased in numericalstrength. Varro, v. 88. Cincius,ap. Gell. xvi. 4. 4. Caes. iii. 1. 3. The term is sometimes used todistinguish the allied and auxiliary B B 186 COHUM. COLLICIARIS. troops from those of th
. 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. ed in numbersat different periods of the Romanhistory, accordingly as the legionitself was increased in numericalstrength. Varro, v. 88. Cincius,ap. Gell. xvi. 4. 4. Caes. iii. 1. 3. The term is sometimes used todistinguish the allied and auxiliary B B 186 COHUM. COLLICIARIS. troops from those of the legion; bywhich it is inferred, that in earlytimes such troops were arranged incohorts instead of maniples. Florus,iii. 21. Liv. ii. 64. Id. xxiii. 14. 4. Also, in some cases, for a troopor squadron of cavalry, but of whatprecise number is uncertain, x. 106. Virg. 2En. xi. 500. 5. Pretoria cohors. A body ofpicked men, selected from the legion-aries, who formed a sort of body-guard to the consul, or commanderunder the republic ; but became apermanent corps du garde under theemperors. See Piletorianu s. COHUM. The rope or thong bywhich the yoke (jugwri) is fastenedto the pole (temo) of a plough. (Fes-tus, 5 v.) It is very distinctly seenin the annexed example, from a bas-. relief discovered in the island ofMagnensia. COLIPHIUM. A sort of foodupon which wrestlers and persons intraining for athletic exercises weredieted, in order to increase theirmuscular development, without add-ing superfluous flesh, upon the sameprinciple as still pursued by ourprize-fighters, &c. What the Romancoliphia were is not distinctly known;but they are generally supposed tohave been a kind of bread cake,without leaven, and mixed with newcheese. Plaut. Pers. i. 3. 12. Juv. Schol. Vet. ad 7. Mart. vii. 67. 12. COLLARE. An iron collar putround the neck of runaway slaves,with a leading chain (catulus) at-tached to it, like a dogs chain and collar. (Lucil. Sat xxix. 15. ) Prisone
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