. 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. of mutual converse. The ancientsconstructed such places in their ownpleasure-grounds (Cic. Am. 1. i. 1.), and also as public seats indifferent parts of a town for the ac-commodation of the inhabitants (Suet. HEM m A. HEPTEEIS. 333. Gramm. 17. Plut. de Garrul p. 99.)-The annexed woodcut affords anexa
. 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. of mutual converse. The ancientsconstructed such places in their ownpleasure-grounds (Cic. Am. 1. i. 1.), and also as public seats indifferent parts of a town for the ac-commodation of the inhabitants (Suet. HEM m A. HEPTEEIS. 333. Gramm. 17. Plut. de Garrul p. 99.)-The annexed woodcut affords anexample of the latter sort; repre-senting a hemicyclium at Pompeii, asit is now seen at the side of the street,just outside of the principal entranceto the city from Herculaneum. Theseat runs all round the back, and thefloor is at a considerable elevationabove the level of the pavement, sothat a small stepping stone is placedin the front of it for the convenienceof access* 2. A sundial of simple constructioninvented by Berosus, consisting of anexcavation nearlyspherical on theupper surface ofa square block ofstone (excavationex quadrato) with-in which the hourlines were traced,and having the an-terior face sloped away from above soas to give it a forward inclination (adenclima succision) adapted to the polaraltitude of the place for which thedial was made. (Vitruv. ix. 8.) Theexample is copied from an original,discovered in 176-4 amongst the ruinsof an ancient villa near Tusculum:the angle of the enclima is about 40°43,
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