. 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. 2. Axis versatilis. A revolvingcylinder, such as is worked by awindlass for drawingup weights, by twist- fting the cord roundabout itself, like theroller and windlassby which a bucket isdrawn out of a well,as illustrated by theannexed engravingfrom a marble sarco-phagus in the Vatican cemetery. Vitruv. ix. 8.
. 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. 2. Axis versatilis. A revolvingcylinder, such as is worked by awindlass for drawingup weights, by twist- fting the cord roundabout itself, like theroller and windlassby which a bucket isdrawn out of a well,as illustrated by theannexed engravingfrom a marble sarco-phagus in the Vatican cemetery. Vitruv. ix. 8. 8. 3. The upright axis of a door,which worked in sockets let into theupper and lower lintel, and so formeda pivot upon which the door turnedwhen opened or shut. Stat. Theb. i. Antepagmentum and Cardo. 4. The valve of a water pipe orcock; in which sense the properreading is Assis. 5. A plank; also properly writtenAssis. B. BABYLONICUM. A shawl ofBabylonian manufacture, which washighly prized amongst the Romansfor its fine texture and brilliantcolours. Lucret. iv. 1027. P. Syrusap. Petr. Sat. 55. 6. BACCHA (Bdicxn). A Bac-chante ; a female who celebrates themysteries of Bacchus. (Ovid. 48.) They are frequently repre-sented in works of art, and described. by the poets (Ov. Met. vi. 591.), asin the illustration, with a wreath ofvine leaves or ivy round the head,loose flowing hair, a mantle made ofkid-skin, on the left side, and thethyrsus in the right hand, running likemadwomen through the streets. Thefigure here introduced, which is froma bas-relief of the Villa Borghese, in-stead of the skin on her person, car-ries part of a kid in her left (faKT-tipiov), A
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