. 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. ines will be readily under-stood ; it, in fact, proceeds upon thesame principle as that employed inthe construction of such machinesamongst ourselves. SIPHONARII. Firemen; or, asthe French language more closelyrenders the term, pompiers, whoworked the engines (siphones) keptfor extinguishing
. 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. ines will be readily under-stood ; it, in fact, proceeds upon thesame principle as that employed inthe construction of such machinesamongst ourselves. SIPHONARII. Firemen; or, asthe French language more closelyrenders the term, pompiers, whoworked the engines (siphones) keptfor extinguishing formed part of the cohort ofwatchmen (vigiles) established byAugustus. Inscript. ap. Mur. 788. 3. SIPHUNCULUS. Diminutive ofSipho. A small pipe or tube throughwhich water is discharged to form ajet deau. Plin. Ep. v. 6. 23. andillustration s. Sipho, 1. SIR/PEA. See Scirpea. SIRPICULA. See Scirpicueus. SISTRATUS. One who carriesthe Egyptian rattle {sistrum) ; thence,by implication, apriest or a priestessof Isis, who madeuse of that instru-ment in their re-ligious ceremonies,| holding it up and| shaking it with the\ right hand, in the| manner exhibitedby the annexed fi-gure from a Pom-peian painting, inwhich various classes of the Egyptianpriesthood are represented. Mart,xii. SISTRUM. SOLARIUM. 607
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