. 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. 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. Sta
. 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. 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-. signate Diana, the goddess of thechase (Ov. Met. ii. 454. Juv. ), who is represented in that cha-racter by the annexed figure, from aterra-cotta lamp. VENTILABRUM (VO- Awinnowing-fork; employed for sepa-rating the grains of corn, beans, and other leguminous plants from thestraw and stalks, when the crop wasthreshed out together with them;and, consequently, had been reapedin the common manner, with a sickle(falx), instead of having the earsor pods only nicked off from thestanding plant by a comb (pecten),or a hand-fork (rnerga), as was afrequent practice with the ancientfarmers. (Columell. ii. 10. ii. 20. 3—5.) The in-strument was a fork with three orfour prongs, with which the labourerraked out the straw, and tossed itup to a considerable distance fromhim through the air, so that thebreeze, which for the operation wasrequired to be pretty stiff, wouldcarry off the chaff and straw, whilethe heavier grain fell back upon theground, and could be finally cleansedby a w
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