. 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. i-naces was not a sword, but a dagger ;for it was worn together with thesword, but on the opposite side of thebody, as may be seen on the woundedPersian in the celebrated PompeianMosaic, inserted under Brac^e ; fromthe reduced scale of the drawing, itis not very prominent; but the handleof it is apparent on t
. 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. i-naces was not a sword, but a dagger ;for it was worn together with thesword, but on the opposite side of thebody, as may be seen on the woundedPersian in the celebrated PompeianMosaic, inserted under Brac^e ; fromthe reduced scale of the drawing, itis not very prominent; but the handleof it is apparent on the right side, thesword being suspended by a belt (bal-teus) on the left. ACISCULUS. A small pick;used chiefly by builders and stonemasons, having a bluff endlike a hammer at one extre-mity, and a curved point, orpick, at the other. It is re-presented on several coinsof the Valerian family, with the nameinscribed below it, from one of whichthe example is taken. Quint, vi. 3. 53. ACLIS or ACLYS. A massiveweapon used by the Osci, and someforeign nations, but not by the Greeksor Romans (Virg. 2En. vii. 730. iii. 363.). It appears to havebeen a sort of harpoon; for it con-sisted of a short thick stock set withspikes, and attached to a line, so that ACRATOPHORUM. ACTUARIUS. 9. it might be recovered again after ithad been launched (Serv, ad c.) ; but it was only known toServius by tradition, having fallen intodisuse long before his time. ACRATOPHORUM (dicparo-<p6pou). Properly a Greek term,but familiarized in the Latin lan-guage as early as the time of Varro(Varro, i. 8. 5. Cic. Fin. ), and employed to designate thevessel in which pure or unmixedwine was placed upon the table (Pol-lux, vi. 99.). It was, therefore, insome measure, anoppositeCrater, vessel, used for asimilar purpose,but containing wine and water mixedtogether. The illustration is copiedfrom a marble vase (Buonarotti, Vasidi Vetro. p. 31.), bearing an inscrip-tion dedicated to Silvanus, an
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