. 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. LUCTA. LUDIO. 395 ieen found in the excavations of Her-|ulaneum and Pompeii. 4. Lucerna pensilis. A lamp sus-pended by a chain (instead of beingplaced upon a stand, candelabrum, likethe example No. 2.) from a supporterjritii branches, or from the Sat. 30. 3. and illustrations and Lyc
. 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. LUCTA. LUDIO. 395 ieen found in the excavations of Her-|ulaneum and Pompeii. 4. Lucerna pensilis. A lamp sus-pended by a chain (instead of beingplaced upon a stand, candelabrum, likethe example No. 2.) from a supporterjritii branches, or from the Sat. 30. 3. and illustrations and Lychnus. LUCTA, LUCTAMEN, LUC-T ATIO (irdAr], iraKaKT^a). Wrestling,one of the games of the Greek palaes-tra, in which the combatants endea-voured to throw one another on theground (Ov. Met. ix. 33—61. vi. 830—905.) by every meansof bodily exertion, except striking,which was not permitted, or by anytrick (Xen. Cyr. i. 6. 32.) whichtheir ingenuity could devise. Grace,however, and elegance of attitude andmotion were regarded as an importantfeature in the struggle. (Plato, de Cic. Orat. 68.) The wrestling-ground was strewed with sand, andthe bodies of the combatants over with fine dust (haphe),p order to give them a firmer holdupon their adversarie
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