. 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. ta), theother plumated (lorica plumata), bothof which are detailed with equal de-cision and distinctness. Varro, L. 89. Ennius ap. Macrob. Sat. vi, xxii. 5. Polyb. vi. 23. HASTFLE. Properly the shaftof a spear (Nepos, Epam. xv. 9.);thence used for the spear itself ( viii. 28.) ; a goad for
. 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. ta), theother plumated (lorica plumata), bothof which are detailed with equal de-cision and distinctness. Varro, L. 89. Ennius ap. Macrob. Sat. vi, xxii. 5. Polyb. vi. 23. HASTFLE. Properly the shaftof a spear (Nepos, Epam. xv. 9.);thence used for the spear itself ( viii. 28.) ; a goad for drivingcattle (Calpurn. Eel. iii. 21.); or anylong stick. Virg. Georg. ii. 358. HAUSTRUM. A scoop, box, orbucket on a water-wheel which takesup the water as the wheel revolves.(Lucret. v. 517. Non. s. v. p. 13.)These were sometimes wooden boxes(modioli, Vitruv. x. 5.); at othersonly jars (cadi, Non. /. c.) ; and theChinese of the present day make useof a joint of bamboo for the purpose ;see the illustration s. Rota Aquaria,which affords a clear notion of whatis meant by the term. HELCIARIUS. One who towsa boat by the loop (helcium) of a tow-rope. Mart. iv. 64. 22. Sidon. 10. HELCIUM. Properly the loopattached to a tow-rope drawn by men(helctarius), which is passed ov er the. shoulder and across the breast; whenceit is applied to a breast-collar attachedto the traces of draught animals ( ix. p. 185.), as in the annexedexample, from a painting of Hercula-neum. HELEPOLIS(€Ae7roAis). Literally,the destroyer of cities, the name givento an engine invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes for besieging fortifiedplaces, consisting of a square towerplaced upon wheels, and run up to theheight of nine stories, each of whichwas furnished with machines for bat-tering and discharging projectiles ofenormous size and weight. Diod 48. xx. 91. Vitruv. x. 22. Am-mian. xxiii. 4. 10. HELIOCAMFNUS (rjXioKdfiivos).A room with a southern exposure,which received sufficient heat fromt
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