. 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. ht beno mistake or dispute. The figureof a dolphin was selected in honourof Neptune, the egg, of Castor andPollux. The illustration is taken H H 2 236 DELUBRUM. DENS. from a sepulchral bas-relief, repre-senting a race-course. DELUBRUM. That part of atemple (templum) in which the altaror statue of the deity wa
. 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. ht beno mistake or dispute. The figureof a dolphin was selected in honourof Neptune, the egg, of Castor andPollux. The illustration is taken H H 2 236 DELUBRUM. DENS. from a sepulchral bas-relief, repre-senting a race-course. DELUBRUM. That part of atemple (templum) in which the altaror statue of the deity was erected;and thence any temple which containsan altar or an image of a god. iii. 40. Id. Arch. 11. iv. 56. DEMARCHUS (HfjLaPXos). Anofficer amongst the Greeks ( ii. 3. 7.), resembling in manyrespects the Tribune of the peopleamongst the Romans, particularly inthe power he possessed of conveningmeetings of the demus (5%*os), andof taking the votes on all questionssubmitted to the assembly ; whencethe word is employed by the Greeksas a translation for the Latin tribunusplebis. Plut. Cor. 7. DENA RIUS. The principal sil-ver coin of the Romans, which ori-ginally contained ten asses, subse-quently increased to sixteen, whenthe weight of the as had been re-. duced; worth about 8^c?. of ourmoney. It bore various devices :the head of Jupiter, of the twinbrothers Castor and Pollux, of thegoddess Roma, with a helmet, and atwo or four-horse chariot on the re-verse, similar to the example annexed,from an original of the actual Denarius aureus. A gold coin mi of the same name, equal to twenty-five silver denarii. (Plin. H, N.
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