. 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. lf, rostrum,the beak ; the projecting spike be-yond, mucro, the point ; and thelunated edge at the back, securis, theaxe. 6. A falchion (Cic. Mil. 33. ii. 419.) ; which has the upperextremity of its blade verymuch curved, so as in somerespects to resemble asickle; whence it is alsoexpressly designat
. 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. lf, rostrum,the beak ; the projecting spike be-yond, mucro, the point ; and thelunated edge at the back, securis, theaxe. 6. A falchion (Cic. Mil. 33. ii. 419.) ; which has the upperextremity of its blade verymuch curved, so as in somerespects to resemble asickle; whence it is alsoexpressly designated ensisfaleatus (Ovid, Met. i. iv. 726.), or hamatus.(Id. Met. v. 80.) A wea-pon of this form is fre- ®quently assigned by poets and artiststo Mercury and Perseus, and is re-presented in the annexed engraving,from a terra-cotta lamp (Eartoli,Lucerne, iii. 13. Compare Ant. Ined. 84.), where it appearsin the hand of a young warrior de-signed in the heroic style, withshield, helmet, and mantle of skin. 7. Supina. The knife with acurved edge, and pointed blade, em-ployed by the class of gladiators (T called Thracians (Thraces), whichreceived its designation from themanner in which it was handled;being held rather down, and, as itwere, on its back (supina, Juv. viii. 201.) ; i. e with the edge up-permost, so that the thrust was madeat the bottom of the belly, and thewound carried in a ripping directionupwards, precisely as the modernItalians now use their knives, and, asindicated by the annexed engraving,representing one of the above-namedgladiators, on a terra-cotta lamp. 8. Muralis (Jiopvhpiitavov). Aninstrument employed in warfare, bothnaval and military, for cutting awaythe masts and rigging of an enemysvessel, clearing the battlements oftheir defenders, or tearing down thestones and stockades which formed abulwark. (Caes. B. G. iii. 14. Stra-bo, iv. 4. 1. Liv. xxxviii. 5. G. vii. 86.) This may be readilyimagined, with a massive iron head,in the
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