School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . IAE (probably from theSyriac, abub aubub, a pipe), Eastern dancinggirls, who frequented chiefly the Circus atRome, and obtained their living by prosti-tution and lascivious songs and dances. AMBURBIUM, a sacrifice which wasperformed at Rome for the purification ofthe city. AMENTUM, a leathern thong tied tothe middle of the spear, to assist in throw-ing it. We are not informed how theamentum added to the effect of throwingthe lance; perhaps it was by giving it rota-tion ; and hence a greater degree of steadi-ness and directness in its flight, a
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . IAE (probably from theSyriac, abub aubub, a pipe), Eastern dancinggirls, who frequented chiefly the Circus atRome, and obtained their living by prosti-tution and lascivious songs and dances. AMBURBIUM, a sacrifice which wasperformed at Rome for the purification ofthe city. AMENTUM, a leathern thong tied tothe middle of the spear, to assist in throw-ing it. We are not informed how theamentum added to the effect of throwingthe lance; perhaps it was by giving it rota-tion ; and hence a greater degree of steadi-ness and directness in its flight, as in thecase of a ball shot from a rifle gun. Thissupposition accounts for the frequent use ofthe verb torquere, to whirl or twist, in con-nection with this subject. The amentumwas called ancule (oyKiiKr)) in Greek, andthe verb fi/ayKuXdo) was used in reference tothe fastening of the thong to the spear orjavelin. 20 AMPHICTYONES. In the annexed figure the amentumseems to be attached to the spear at thecentre of gravity, a little above the AMICTUS. The verb amicire is com-monly opposed to induere, the former beingapplied to the putting on of the outer gar-m^ent, the pallium, laena, or toga (l/xaTiou,rpapos); the latter, to the putting on of theinner garment, the tunic (xTwr). In con-sequence of this distinction, the verbalnouns amictus and indutus, even withoutany farther denomination of the dress beingadded, indicate respectively the outer andinner clothing. In Greek amicire is expressed by afi^i-evvuaOai, d/i7rexe(T0at, iirtgdWeaeai, irepi-SaWeadai: and induere by iudvveLu. Hencecame afiirexovv, iTri§KT]fxa, and iin€6Kaioy,TreplS\r]^ia, and 7re/?i§oAatoi, an outer gar-ment, a cloak, a ; and eudvfjLa, aninner garmont, a tunic, a shirt. AMPHICTYONES CAfMoyes). AMPHICTYONES. Institutions called amphictyonic app. r tohave existed in Greece from time im^ne-morial. ^ They seem to have been originallyassociations of neighbouring tribes, formedfor the regulation of
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