. 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. wheel(Plaut. Epid. iii. 2. 35.) laid hori-zontally, as atable, the massof clay, out ofwhich the vaseis to be form-ed, being situ-ated upon it,and fashionedby the hands ofthe workman, as the rotatory motionof the wheel (currente rota. P. 21.) would readily assist inproducing any circular form, eitherfor
. 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. wheel(Plaut. Epid. iii. 2. 35.) laid hori-zontally, as atable, the massof clay, out ofwhich the vaseis to be form-ed, being situ-ated upon it,and fashionedby the hands ofthe workman, as the rotatory motionof the wheel (currente rota. P. 21.) would readily assist inproducing any circular form, eitherfor the inside or the outside. Theprocess is clearly shown by the an-nexed example from an Egyptianpainting, which exhibits a potter sit-ting on the ground before his wheel,with the lump of clay, marked in adarker tint, upon it, gradually form-ing into shape; the hollow part ofthe inside being scooped by thethumb of the right hand, and theoutside rounded by the palm of theleft one — a process precisely similarto what may be seen every day inour own potteries. ROTULA (rpoxio-Kos). Diminu-tive of Rota. Plaut. Pers. iii. 3. H. N. xviii. 48. RUBRFC A. Red ochre; thence, alaiv, or ordinance of the civil law;such, for instance, as the TwelveTables, and in contradistinction to a. 560 RUDENS. RUN A. praetors edict, or rule of the courts(album) ; because the titles of theformer, or, it may be, the entire text,were written with red ochre; whereasthe latter were posted on a whiteground, and inscribed in the usualform. Quint, xiii. 3. 11. Pers. Compare Juv. xiv. 192. RUDENS (/caAws). A rope; moreespecially intended to designate anypart of the lighter cordage constitutingthe rigging of a vessel (Pacuv. ad Cic. Fam. viii. 2. 1. 91.), employed about themast, or used for raising and trimmingthe sails ; in contradistinction to theheavier kinds, such as cables, haw-sers, &c. ; for example, the halyard,by which the sail was raised ( 235.), and down whi
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