. 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. Horn. 77. frequently.) The illustra-tion, from a sculptured vase of Greekmarble, represents a lebes of similarform to the last example, under whicha fire is kindled for cooking a pig;and as these kettles had no legs, itis supported over the fire upon largestones. LECTARIUS (kXiuottolSs). Acouch or bedstead ma
. 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. Horn. 77. frequently.) The illustra-tion, from a sculptured vase of Greekmarble, represents a lebes of similarform to the last example, under whicha fire is kindled for cooking a pig;and as these kettles had no legs, itis supported over the fire upon largestones. LECTARIUS (kXiuottolSs). Acouch or bedstead maker. Murat. 956. 7. LECTFCA ((popeTov, kXlutj). A palanquin, introduced into Greeceand Italy from the East; in the firstinstance as an article of luxury forfemales, but, afterwards, it came tobe very generally used for men aswell as women. (Sulpic. ad Cic. 12. Suet, passim. See the Clavisof Baumgarten-Crusius, s. v.) Thebody consisted of a wooden case withlow sides to it, like the bier (capulus,feretrum), upon which a corpse wascarried out (Aul. Gell. x. 3. 2.); withuprights which supported a woodentester, like the pluteus. (Isidor. lectica, sive lectus pluteas.)This roof was covered with leather(Mart. xi. 98.), and curtains (vela,plag&, pla
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