. 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. Oribas. 6. Vitruv. v. 11. CORYMBIUM. A wig of falsehair, dressed in imitation of the co-rymbus (Pet. Sat. 110. 1. and 5.),— a fashion which is explained in thenext article, No. 2. CORY MBUS (k6Pv^€os). Abunch of ivy berries, and likewise ofother kinds of fruit which grow in thesame conical-shaped cl
. 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. Oribas. 6. Vitruv. v. 11. CORYMBIUM. A wig of falsehair, dressed in imitation of the co-rymbus (Pet. Sat. 110. 1. and 5.),— a fashion which is explained in thenext article, No. 2. CORY MBUS (k6Pv^€os). Abunch of ivy berries, and likewise ofother kinds of fruit which grow in thesame conical-shaped clusters; after-wards, a wreath or chaplet made withthe leaves and clusters of the ivy, whichthe ancients used as a festive orna-ment on many oc-casions, but espe-cially as an appro-priate decorationfor Bacchus andhis followers, as inthe annexed illus-tration, from amarble bust, sup-posed to representAriadne. Tibull. i. 7. 45. Prop. ii,30. 39. Juv. vi. 52. 2. A peculiar manner of arrang-ing the hair, more especially cha-racteristic of theearly population ofAthens ( Athen. xii. Croby-lus), and of thefemale sex amongstthem. (Schol. adThucyd. i. 6.) Itwas produced byturning the hairI backwards all round the head, andI drawing it up to a point at the top, E E.
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