. 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. ribed in the usualform. Quint, xiii. 3. 11. Pers. Compare Juv. xiv. 192. RUDENS (/caAws). A rope; moreespecially intended to designate anypart of the lighter cordage constitutingthe rigging of a vessel (Pacuv. ad Cic. Fam. viii. 2. 1. 91.), employed about themast, or used for raising
. 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. ribed in the usualform. Quint, xiii. 3. 11. Pers. Compare Juv. xiv. 192. RUDENS (/caAws). A rope; moreespecially intended to designate anypart of the lighter cordage constitutingthe rigging of a vessel (Pacuv. ad Cic. Fam. viii. 2. 1. 91.), employed about themast, or used for raising and trimmingthe sails ; in contradistinction to theheavier kinds, such as cables, haw-sers, &c. ; for example, the halyard,by which the sail was raised ( 235.), and down which theseaman slid from the yard to thedeck (Ov, Met. iii. 616.), brail ropes(Virg. 2En. iii. 682.), sheets, or, per-haps, braces, or both. Id. x. 229. RUDIARIITS. A gladiator whohad been presented with the rudis, intoken of receiving his Tib. 7. RUDICyULA (KtK-nOpov). Dimi-nutive of Rudis. A mull or woodenspoon (Columell. xii. 46. 3.), forbeating up, stirring, or mixing toge--ther different ingredients, whilstboiling, stewing, or making decoc-tions. (Cato R. R. 95. 1. Plin. H. xxxiv. 54.) The example, from apicture of still life at Pompeii, ex-hibits a plate of eggs, together withthe vessel and mull for beating themup. RUDIS (KVK7)6pov). An imple-ment for stirring and mixing liquids and other ingredients while boiling,&c.; similar to the preceding exam-ple, but of larger dimensions. Cato,R. R. 79. Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 50. 2. A stick with a knob at the endor blunted at the point, employed bygladiators and soldiers whilst learning
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