A dictionary of Greek and Roman . two lattercases even after the passing of this lex, a man wasbound to find a vindex. This continued the practiceso long as the Legis Actiones were in use ;whence, says Gaius (iv. 25), in our time aman cum quo judicati depensive agitur is com-pelled to give securityjudicatum solvi. Fromthis we may conclude that the vindex in the oldtime was liable to pay, if he could find no good de-fence to the plaintiffs claim ; for as the vindexcould lege agere, though the defendant could not,we must assume that he might show, if he could,that the plaintiff had
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . two lattercases even after the passing of this lex, a man wasbound to find a vindex. This continued the practiceso long as the Legis Actiones were in use ;whence, says Gaius (iv. 25), in our time aman cum quo judicati depensive agitur is com-pelled to give securityjudicatum solvi. Fromthis we may conclude that the vindex in the oldtime was liable to pay, if he could find no good de-fence to the plaintiffs claim ; for as the vindexcould lege agere, though the defendant could not,we must assume that he might show, if he could,that the plaintiff had no ground of complaint ; as,for instance, that he had been paid ; and that ifhe had no good defence, he must pay the debthimself. The subject of the manus injeciio isdiscussed by Puchta, Inst. ii. § 160, 162, 179, iii.§ 269. [G. L.] MAPPA. [Mantele.] MARIS (fxdpis, , Hesych. fxdpLcrrou), aGreek measure of capacity, which, according toPollux (x. 184) and Aristotle (Hist. An. viii. 9),contained 6 cotylae, or nearly 3 pints. Polyaenus. [J. Y.] MARTYRIA. (iv. 3. § 32) mentions a much larger measure ofthe same name, containing 10 congii, or nearly 8gallons. [P. MARSUPIUM (fxapo-uTTiov, PaAdvTiov), apurse. (Non. Marcellus, s. v. % Varro, de Re Rust. iii. 17 ; Plaut. Men. ii. 1. 29, ii. 3. 33, 35, v. , Poen. iii. 5. 37, Rud. v. 2. 26 ; Xen. Conviv. iv. 2.) The purse used by the an-cients was commonly a smallleathern bag, and was oftenclosed by being drawn togetherat the mouth (ava-iraara /3a-Xdvria, Plat. Conviv. p. 404,). Mercury is com-monly represented holding onein his hand, of which the an-nexed woodcut from an intag-lio in the Stosch collection atBerlin, presents an example. MARTIA LEGIO. [Exercitus, p. 492, b.]MARTIALIS FLAMEN. [ LUDI. [Ludi Martiales.]MARTYRIA (/xapTvpia), signifies strictly thedeposition of a witness in a court of justice, thoughthe word is applied metaphorically to all kinds oftestimony. We shall here explain—1
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