. 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 illustration represents an ancienttemple, known as the Maison-carree,at Nimes. PRONUB A. A matron who3 Y PROPES. PRQRA, had not been more than once married,who attended a bride on the day ofher wedding, in a somewhat similar,though not the same, capacity as thebridesmaid does amongst us. It washer especia
. 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 illustration represents an ancienttemple, known as the Maison-carree,at Nimes. PRONUB A. A matron who3 Y PROPES. PRQRA, had not been more than once married,who attended a bride on the day ofher wedding, in a somewhat similar,though not the same, capacity as thebridesmaid does amongst us. It washer especial duty to conduct thebride, after the marriage-feast, to thelectus genialis, and to give her en-couragement and instructions respect-. ing the new duties and condition oflife she had just entered upon (Festus,s. v. Varro, ap. Serv. ad Virg. 166. Compare Catull. lxi. Stat. Sijlv. i. 2. 11.); as isgraphically shown in the illustration,from the celebrated Roman fresco,preserved in the Vatican, and knownby the name of the Aldobrandinimarriage. The bride is the right-hand figure, still enveloped in herbridal veil (flammeum) ; the pronuba,the one on the left with a chapletround her head, and in an attitude ofpersuasion or encouragement ; bothare sitting upon the marriage The lower end of the
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