. 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. discharged. (Cses. ii. 9.)The illustration, which presents aview of the Porta Asinaria at Rome,constructed by Honorius, showsseveral of these apertures. The low-roofed building in front is a modernstructure. 4. A hole pierced in the lobe ofthe ear for the pur-pose of receiving thering of a pendant orear-
. 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. discharged. (Cses. ii. 9.)The illustration, which presents aview of the Porta Asinaria at Rome,constructed by Honorius, showsseveral of these apertures. The low-roofed building in front is a modernstructure. 4. A hole pierced in the lobe ofthe ear for the pur-pose of receiving thering of a pendant orear-ring. (Juv. ) Many statueshave been discoveredwith holes bored inthe marble, intowhich real ear-ringswere inserted; ofwhich the annexed. 282 FENESTRULA. FERETROL engraving, from a bust found at Her-culaneum affords an example. Theholes in the ears still remain, andthe pupil of the eye is also hollowedto receive an artificial one. FENESTRULA. Same as Fenes-tella. Apul. Met. ix. p. 208. FERCULUM. In a generalsense, that on which anything isborne ; a contracted form for Feri-culum ; especially a tray, on whicha number of dishes were brought upat once from the kitchen into theeating room (Pet. Sat. 36. 2. 1. Suet. Aug. 74.) ; whence thesame word frequently implies thedishes displayed upon it, constitutingwhat we term a course or Sat ii. 6. 104. Plin. 47. Juv. i. 94. 2. A sort of portable platformborne by a number of men upontheir shoulders, in solemn proces-sions and other pageants, upon whichany object of attraction was placedin order that it might be exposedto the general gaze from an ele-vated position; as, for example, theimages of the gods at the Circen-sian procession (Suet. Jul. 76. Co
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