A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Juv. x. 38.) [Triumphus, p. 1166, a.] Tunicsof this kind were sent as presents to foreign kingsby the senate. (Liv. xxx. 15, xxxi. 11.) TURIBULUM {Sv/niaT-ripLov), a censer. TheGreeks and Romans, when they sacrificed, com-monly took a little frankincense out of the Acerraand let it fall upon the flaming altar. [Ara.] Morerarely they used a censer, by means of which theyburnt the incense in greater profusion, and whichwas in fact a small moveable grate or Foculus.(Aelian, V. H xii. 51.) The annexed woodcut,taken from an ancient painting, shows the
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Juv. x. 38.) [Triumphus, p. 1166, a.] Tunicsof this kind were sent as presents to foreign kingsby the senate. (Liv. xxx. 15, xxxi. 11.) TURIBULUM {Sv/niaT-ripLov), a censer. TheGreeks and Romans, when they sacrificed, com-monly took a little frankincense out of the Acerraand let it fall upon the flaming altar. [Ara.] Morerarely they used a censer, by means of which theyburnt the incense in greater profusion, and whichwas in fact a small moveable grate or Foculus.(Aelian, V. H xii. 51.) The annexed woodcut,taken from an ancient painting, shows the per-formance of both of these acts at the same {Mon. hied. 177) supposes it to re-present Livia, the wife, and Octavia, the sister ofAugustus, sacrificing to Mars in gratitude for hissafe return from Spain. (Hor. Carm. iii. 14. 5.)The censer here represented has two handles forthe purpose of carrying it from place to place, andit stands upon feet so that the air might be ad-mitted underneath, and pass upwards through As the censer was destined for the worship ofthe gods, it was often made of gold or silver { Heb. ix. 4 ; Thucyd. vi. 46) and enriched withstones and gems. (Herod, iv. 162 ; Cic. Verr. —24.) We find a silver censer in the officialenumerations of the treasures presented to the Par-thenon at Athens : its bars {Siepdafxara) were ofbronze. (Bockh, Corp. Inscrip. vol. i. pp. 198, 235,238.) [J. Y.] TURMA. [Exercitus, p. 497, b.] TURRIS {irvpyos), a tower. The word rvpcris,from which comes the Latin turris, signified ac-cording to Dionysius (i. 26) any strong buildingsurrounded by walls ; and it was from the fact ofthe Pelasgians in Italy dwelling in such placesthat the same writer supposes them to have beencalled Tyrsenians or Tyrrhenians, that is, the in-habitants of towns or castles. Turris in the oldLatin language seems to have been equivalent tourbs. (Polyb. xxvi. 4 ; Gottling, Gesch. d. p. 17.) The use of towers b
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