. 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. where it is made ofroses; see the wood-cuts s. Corona,10. and 11. 3. The cable of an anchor. xL p. 250. Ancorale, andwood-cut s. v. STRUCTOR (rpaTreCoTToios). Aslave whose duty it was to arrangethe several dishes of each courseupon the trays (fercula, Serv. adVirg. JEn. i. 704.), and place themin pro
. 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. where it is made ofroses; see the wood-cuts s. Corona,10. and 11. 3. The cable of an anchor. xL p. 250. Ancorale, andwood-cut s. v. STRUCTOR (rpaTreCoTToios). Aslave whose duty it was to arrangethe several dishes of each courseupon the trays (fercula, Serv. adVirg. JEn. i. 704.), and place themin proper order in the dinner-basket(repositorium, Pet. Sat. 35. 2.);sometimes also to take upon himselfthe office of carver (Mart. x. v. 120.), and to set out in atasty manner, or construct in artifi-cial devices, the fruits and delicaciesof the dessert. Lamprid. Elag. 27. STRUCTURA. Generally, theputting together of things in regularorder; whence the term is speciallyapplied to designate masonry, or theconstructive arrangement of stones ina wall. (Vitruv. ii. 8. Plin. H. 51.) Six different styles areenumerated in the practice of theRoman and Greek architects, eachpresenting a distinct pattern to theeye, as exhibited in contrast by theannexed engraving ; viz. L reticu-. lata, reticulated, which has a che-quered pattern, like the meshes of anet, a ; 2. ccementicia antiqua or in-carta, irregular masonry of stones,not squared nor cut into any certainform, b ; 3. isodomum, ashlar, of largestones, and in which all the courses are of the same height, c ; 4. pseud-isodomum, also ashlar, and of largestones, but in which the courses areof different relative heights, d ; , in which both the outsidesurfaces of the wall are formed ofashlar, e, bound together by girders,f, and the central part filled in withrubble, g ; 6. diamicton, which is thesame as the last, without the girders. STRUPPUS (rpoiros, rpOTccarnip).A twisted thong of leather, or cord,by which the oar i
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