. 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. a file, which isenumerated amongst the implementsof smiths and metal workers. xix. 7. SCOPiE (icdWvvTpov, adpcaOpov).In the singular meaiis a thin twig;but the word is rarely used except inthe plural, when it signifies a birchbroom (Cato, R. R. 152. Plaut. 3. 27.), made up from a number
. 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. a file, which isenumerated amongst the implementsof smiths and metal workers. xix. 7. SCOPiE (icdWvvTpov, adpcaOpov).In the singular meaiis a thin twig;but the word is rarely used except inthe plural, when it signifies a birchbroom (Cato, R. R. 152. Plaut. 3. 27.), made up from a number oftwigs, like our own. See the wood-cut at p. 55, which exhibits anEgyptian at the edge of a threshing-floor with such a broom in his hands. SCOPARIUS. A slave whoseoccupation consisted in sweeping outrooms or other places with a birchbroom (scopce). Ulp. Dig. 33. 7. 8. SCOPULA. Diminutive ofScopa. A birch, or hand-brush, oftwigs, sometimes myrtle ( 38. 4.), tied together, used forcleansing the interior of small ob-jects, such as wine-jars, &c. Cato,R. R. 26. SCORDISCARIUS. One whomakes and sells horses clothings(scordisca). Hieron. Ep. 51. 5. SCORDISCUM. A housing orclothing for horses (Veg. Vet. iii. 60.),made of untanned leather or skins Edict. Dioclet. 24.),. (Isidor. Glossand adapted tothe shape ofthe animal,very much inthe same styleas now prac-tised. Butthe ancientsappear to haveused it not so much for the purposeof warm clothing, as to provide a de-fence for the animal on the field ofbattle. This may be inferred in partfrom the strong material of which itwas made, from its being designatedin the edict of Diocletian (I. c.) as amilitary accoutrement, and from thefact of its being frequently repre-sented in the Egyptian paintings andEtruscan vases on the bodies of horses,when harnessed to the example is copied from a Greekmedal. SCORPIO, -US, and -OS (<™op-ttios, -7nW). A weapon for dis-charging stones, plummets, andarrows (Veget. Mil. i
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