School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . belongedafter manumission, he was Libertinus. Re-specting the mode in which a slave wasmanumitted, and his status after manumis-sion, see Manumissio. At Athens, a liberated slave was calledaireKevQepos. When manumitted he did notobtain the citizenship, but was regarded asa metoicus [Metoicus], and, as sucli, he hadto pay not only the metoicion (fiaroiKiov),but a triobolon in addition to it. His formermaster became his patron (irpoaTdTTjs), towhom he owed certain duties. LIBITINARII FFuNus, p. 183, 6.]LIBRA, dim. LI BELLA (araeixSs), abalance,
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . belongedafter manumission, he was Libertinus. Re-specting the mode in which a slave wasmanumitted, and his status after manumis-sion, see Manumissio. At Athens, a liberated slave was calledaireKevQepos. When manumitted he did notobtain the citizenship, but was regarded asa metoicus [Metoicus], and, as sucli, he hadto pay not only the metoicion (fiaroiKiov),but a triobolon in addition to it. His formermaster became his patron (irpoaTdTTjs), towhom he owed certain duties. LIBITINARII FFuNus, p. 183, 6.]LIBRA, dim. LI BELLA (araeixSs), abalance, a pair of scales. The principalparts of this instrument were, 1, The beam(jugum). 2. The two scales, called inGreek rdkavra, and in Latin lances. Thebeam was made without a tongue, beingheld by a ring or other appendage (ligula,pv/xa), fixed in the centre. The annexedwoodcut represents Mercury and Apollo LIBRA. engaged in exploring the fates of Achillesand Meinnon, by weighing the attendant2enius of tlie one against that of the other. LICTOR. 231. LIBRA, PAIR OP SCALES. of LIBRA or AS, a pound, the unitweight among the Romans and Italians. The uncial division, which has been no-ticed in speaking of the coin As, was alsofipplied to the weight, Tne following tableshows the divisions of the pound, with theirvalue in ounces and grains, avoirdupoisweight. Unclae. Oz. As or Libra .... Deunx Dextans or Decuncis . Uodrans Bes or BessisSeptunx . • . .Semis or Semissis .Quincunx . . Triens Quadrans or Teruncius Sextans Sescuncia or Sescunx .Uncia 12 11^ 11 10| 10 91 9 8-i 8 ri 7 6f 6 5i 5 n 4 3i 3 2| 2 1^ H U 1 or 4L 64-38-42-76-80-84-89-93-97-101 54505775889505142129 103-624105- 36or 433-666 The divisions of the ounce are givenunder Uncia. Where the word pondo, orits abbreviations r. or pond., occur with asimple number, the weight understood isthe libra. The name libra was also given to a mea- sure of horn, divided into twelve equalparts {rinciae) by lines marked on it, anduse
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