. 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. flat face to correspond with the oppo-site column which supports the en-tablature of the colonnade. 1. PARAZONIUM (rrapa&viov).A short sword, attached to a beltround the waist (cine- ktorium), as exhibited fby the annexed figure,and worn at the leftside by the tribunesand superior officers ofthe Rom
. 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. flat face to correspond with the oppo-site column which supports the en-tablature of the colonnade. 1. PARAZONIUM (rrapa&viov).A short sword, attached to a beltround the waist (cine- ktorium), as exhibited fby the annexed figure,and worn at the leftside by the tribunesand superior officers ofthe Roman armies,more as a mark of dis-tinction than for actualuse (Mart. xiv. Dial. and wood-cuts and Palu-damentum) ; whereasthe glaive of the com-mon soldier (gladius)was suspended from a shoulder band(balteus), and hung at the right side(wood-cut s. Legionarii). PARTES (to?Xos). The wall of ahouse, or other edifice, as contradis-tinguished from murus, the wall of atown. These were made of variousmaterials, and constructed in manydifferent ways; amongst which thefollowing are distinguished : — 1. Paries craticius. A wall madeof canes and hurdles, covered with acoating of clay, something like ourlath and plaster ; used in early timesfor an external w
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