. 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. extremities, formed the sudatory, asexplained s. Caldarium, 1. SUFFFBULUM. A large oblongsquare piece of whitecloth placed over thehead, and fastened by abrooch {fibula) underthe chin; worn by theVestals (Festus, s v.),and priests (Varro, 21.), at the annexed figure, re-presenting the Em
. 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. extremities, formed the sudatory, asexplained s. Caldarium, 1. SUFFFBULUM. A large oblongsquare piece of whitecloth placed over thehead, and fastened by abrooch {fibula) underthe chin; worn by theVestals (Festus, s v.),and priests (Varro, 21.), at the annexed figure, re-presenting the EmperorTrajan offering a sacri-fice to Mars, from abas-relief now inserted into the archof Constantine, exhibits a piece of. drapery so similar to the one de-scribed, that if it be not actually thesuffibulum in question, it will atleast afford a good proximate idea ofthe character it bore, and manner inwhich it was adjusted. SUFFL AMEN (eVoxetk, rpoXo-TreSr)). A break or drag-chain forlocking the wheel of a carriage or acart, to prevent it from running uponthe horses in steep declivities. ( 148- Prud. Psych. 417.) It isseen underneath the carriage part ofthe annexed cart, just in advanceof the hind-wheel, though not verydistinctly, in consequence of the mi-nute scale of the drawing ; but in the SUGGESTUM, SUPERCILIUM. 631 original monument, which is a sepul-chral bas-relief, found at Langres in
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