A dictionary of Greek and Roman . c ex-pense, and as they distinguished themselves theywere honoured with the franchise. (Liv. xxii. 57,xxiii. 35 ; Macrob. Sat. i. 11 ; Fest. s. v. Volones.)In after times the name volones was retained when-ever slaves chose or were allowed to take up armsin defence of their masters, which they were themore willing to do, as they were generally re-warded with the franchise. (Liv. xxiv. 11, 14,&c, xxvii. 38, xxviii. 46 ; J. Capitolin. Philos. 21.) [L. S.] VOLUMEN. [Liber.]VOLUNTARII. [Volones.]VOMITORIA. [Amphitheatrum, p. 84.]URAGUS. [
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . c ex-pense, and as they distinguished themselves theywere honoured with the franchise. (Liv. xxii. 57,xxiii. 35 ; Macrob. Sat. i. 11 ; Fest. s. v. Volones.)In after times the name volones was retained when-ever slaves chose or were allowed to take up armsin defence of their masters, which they were themore willing to do, as they were generally re-warded with the franchise. (Liv. xxiv. 11, 14,&c, xxvii. 38, xxviii. 46 ; J. Capitolin. Philos. 21.) [L. S.] VOLUMEN. [Liber.]VOLUNTARII. [Volones.]VOMITORIA. [Amphitheatrum, p. 84.]URAGUS. [Exercitus, p. 506, a.]URBANAE COHORTES. [Exercitus, , a.] URCEUS, a pitcher, or water-pot, generallymade of earthenware. (Dig. 33. tit. 7. s. 18 ; Pott. 22.) It was used by the priests atRome in the sacrifices, and thus appears with othersacrificial emblems on the coins of some of theRoman gentes. The annexed coin of the Pompeiagens has on the obverse a lituus before the headof Pompeius, the triumvir, and an urceus be-hind URNA, an urn, a Roman measure of capacityfor fluids, equal to half an Amphora. (Hor. 1. 54.) This use of the term was probablyfounded upon its more general application to de-note a vessel for holding water, or any other sub-stance, either fluid or solid. (Plaut. Pseud, i. ; Hor. Sat. i. 5. 91, ii. 6. 10 ; Ovid. Met. ) An urn was used to receive the names of thejudges (judices) in order that, the praetor mightdraw out of it a sufficient number to determinecauses (Hor. Carm. iii. 1. 16 ; Virg. Aen. vi. 432; Plin. Epist. x. 3 ; Juv. xiii. 4) : also to receive theashes of the dead. [Funus, p. 560, a.] For thispurpose urns were made of marble, porphyry,baked clay, bronze, or glass, of all forms and sizes,some quite simple, and others sculptured in bas-relief, or ornamented in an endless variety ofways. [J. Y.] URPEX. [Irpex.] USTRINA, USTRINUM. [Funus, , b.] USUCAPIO. The history of Usucapio is animportant fact in the his
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