. 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. 7. 15. Suet. Nero, 16. QUADRIGATUS. A silver de-narius, so termed from its having the. impress of a quadriga stamped on thereverse, as shown by the annexedspecimen from an original of thesame size. Plin. H. N. xxxiii. xxii. 58. QUADRIREMIS (rerpijpTjs). Awar-galley propelled by four banks(ordines) of
. 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. 7. 15. Suet. Nero, 16. QUADRIGATUS. A silver de-narius, so termed from its having the. impress of a quadriga stamped on thereverse, as shown by the annexedspecimen from an original of thesame size. Plin. H. N. xxxiii. xxii. 58. QUADRIREMIS (rerpijpTjs). Awar-galley propelled by four banks(ordines) of oars on each of its sides.(Plin. H. N. vii. 57. Cic. Verr. ii. ) The illustration, copied from amedal of the Emperor Gordian, thoughtoo minute and imperfect to be re-ceived as a complete representationof a quadrireme, yet affords a valuableand most satisfactory authority re-specting the chief point which dis-tinguished the class to which it be-longed, viz. the position and ratingof its oarage. It will be perceived
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