. 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. (Suet. Claud. 21.) ; both of whichwere commonly exhibited as a gamein the Roman amphitheatre and circus,and are exhibited by the illustrationsannexed; the one on the left handrepresenting a combat between agladiator and wild beast, from asepulchral bas-relief on a monumentin the street of the tombs at Pompeii
. 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. (Suet. Claud. 21.) ; both of whichwere commonly exhibited as a gamein the Roman amphitheatre and circus,and are exhibited by the illustrationsannexed; the one on the left handrepresenting a combat between agladiator and wild beast, from asepulchral bas-relief on a monumentin the street of the tombs at Pompeii;the other, a contest between a bearand a rhinoceros, from a terra-cottalamp found at Labicum. VENATOR (&r)paTT]s, KW-nyer-ns).A huntsman who follows the chase orthe sport of killing wild animals, suchas tigers, bulls, boars, deer, &c, withdogs and spears, on foot or on horse-back (Cic. Tusc. ii. 17. Hor. Od. 26.), as exhibited by the illustra-tion on the following page, from apainting at Pompeii, representing ahuntsman with his dog, and a boar atbay, wounded in the back by onespear, and pierced through the fore- 718 VENATRIX. VENTRALE. head by another, which is held by. the huntsman at close quarters. 2. (p-ripiofiaxris). A gladiator whofought in the amphitheatre with wildbeasts instead of men (Apul. Met. 72. Cassiodor. Var. JEp. v. 52.),as shown by the last wood-cut butone; more usually termed Besti-arius. 3. Venator equus. A hunter, orhorse trained for the chase. ix. 685. Venatio, 1. 4. Venator canis. A hound trainedfor the chase. Virg. JEn. xii. , 1., and last wood-cut. VENATRIX (Kwriyens). Ahuntress, who follows the chasewith the bow and hounds (Virg. 319.) ; more especially used to de-
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