. 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. sottcuia,a vest which precisely resembles theGaulish jerkin of the preceding cuts,with the skirts lengthened to thefeet. 3. Caracalla Major. The longcaracalla of the Romans, last de-scribed. Edict Dioclet. 21. 4. Caracalla Minor. The shortcaracalla of the Gauls, first Dioclet. I. c. CARBASUS
. 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. sottcuia,a vest which precisely resembles theGaulish jerkin of the preceding cuts,with the skirts lengthened to thefeet. 3. Caracalla Major. The longcaracalla of the Romans, last de-scribed. Edict Dioclet. 21. 4. Caracalla Minor. The shortcaracalla of the Gauls, first Dioclet. I. c. CARBASUS (Kdpiracros). A finesort of flax produced in Spain; whencethe name is given to anything madefrom it; as a linen garment ( viii. 34.) ; the awning stretchedover the uncovered part of a theatreor amphitheatre, as a shield againstthe sun and rain (Lucret. vi. 109. see Velum) ; the sail of a ship ( iii. 357. Velum) ; the Sibyllinebooks, which were made of B. Gil. 232., &c. CARBATINiE (Kapgdripai orKapiraTivaC). The commonest of allthe kinds of coverings for the feet inuse amongst the ancients, and peculiarto the peasantry of southern countries,Asiatics, Greeks, and Italians. ( iv. 5. 14. Pollux, vii. s. v.) They consisted of a. square piece of undressed oxhide,placed under the foot, as a sole; thenturned up at the sides and over thetoes, and fastened across the instepand round the lower part of the legby thongs passing through holes onthe edges, in the same way as withthe crepida, on which account theyare also called by that name in Ca-tullus (98. 4.). The single piece ofhide, which in fact constitutes thewhole shoe, serving both for sole andupper leather, also explains themeaning of the epithets by whichthey are described in Hesychius —jiovo-neXfjiov and juovoSepfiov, i. e. havingthe sole and upper leather all in coverings of this sort are almostuniversally worn by the Italian pea-santry at this day, as represented inthe
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