. 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. sed as a general term for a stringedinstrument, such as the li/ra, chelys,cithara. Varro, R. R. ii. 5. 12. v. 104. FIDICEN. A general term fora male performer on any stringedinstrument. Cic. Fam. ix. 22. FIDICINA. A general term fora female performer on any stringedinstrument. Ter. Phorm. i. 2. 59. FI
. 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. sed as a general term for a stringedinstrument, such as the li/ra, chelys,cithara. Varro, R. R. ii. 5. 12. v. 104. FIDICEN. A general term fora male performer on any stringedinstrument. Cic. Fam. ix. 22. FIDICINA. A general term fora female performer on any stringedinstrument. Ter. Phorm. i. 2. 59. FIDICULA. Diminutive ofFidis. A small or thin musicalstring. Cic. N. D. ii. 8. 2. Mostly in the plural, Fidicul^: ;a contrivance for torturing slaves,consisting of a number of thin cords ;but the exact nature of the appara-tus, as well as the manner in whichit was applied, is involved in uncer-tainty. Suet. Cal. 33. Seneca, Ira,iii. 3. and 19. FIGULUS (K€pafM€vs). Any artistor mechanic who works in clay ; as,! one who makes figures and ornaments| in terra-cotta (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 43.), represented by the preceding; illustration ; a brick-maker (Juv. 171.), represented by the engravings. Lateraria ; a potter (Varro,R. R. iii. 15. 2.), of which trade the 286 FIMBRIA. annexed figure, from an Egyptianpainting, affords an example. Thepotter sits onthe ground be- £fore his wheel(rota), on thetop of whichis placed thelump of clay,which he formsinto shape withhis thumbs and fingers, exactly inthe same manner as now engraved gem (Caylus, Recueil,&c. iv. 62.) represents an artisan ofthe same description, with a model-ling stick in his hand, sitting beforea fictile vase, which is situated on thetop of a miniature kiln, to indicatethat he is giving the last finish beforesending it to the oven. FIMBRIA (dtfowoi, Kpoaaol). Afringe, or ornamental border to apiece of cloth(Celsus, ii. , L. 79.), gene-rally producedby leaving theextremities ofthe warpt
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