. 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. s regards the external and in-ternal elevation of the edifice, a cir-cus was constructed upon a similardesign to that adopted for theatresand amphitheatres ; consisting on theoutside of one or more stories ofarcades, according to the size andgrandeur of the building, throughwhich the spectators entered uponth
. 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. s regards the external and in-ternal elevation of the edifice, a cir-cus was constructed upon a similardesign to that adopted for theatresand amphitheatres ; consisting on theoutside of one or more stories ofarcades, according to the size andgrandeur of the building, throughwhich the spectators entered uponthe staircases, leading into the in-terior of the fabric. The interiorwas arranged in rows of seats, dividedinto tiers, and separated by stairsand landing-places, in the same man-ner as described and illustrated underthe word Amphitheatrum ; of whicha fair idea may be conceived fromthe next engraving, representingthe ancient race-course at Constan-tinople, as it appears on an old map, 166 C1RRATUS. CIRRUS. executed before that city was taken j fragments of the rows of seats forby the Turks. Though a ruin, it the spectators ; the spina, with itsshows distinctly the arcades and obelisks and columns nearly perfect;outer shell of the building ; some | the meta prima on the right hand of. it; the oppidum and career es, ar-ranged on a curved line, like the firstexample ; and one of the gates,through which the chariots enteredthe ground, like those marked l l onthe ground-plan; it is besides re-markable as affording the only knowninstance in which the superstructureof a circus is exhibited. CIRRATUS. Of men or women(Mart. ix. 30. Ammian. xiv. 6. 20.) ;see Cirrus 1. Of cloth fabrics (Ca-pitoL Pertinax. 8.); see Cirrus 8. CIRRUS. Properly, a lock ofcurly hair, growing in a full andnatural curl, as contradistinguishedfrom Cincinnus, a ringlet or twistedcurl, mostly made with the irons ;such, for instance, as was natural tothe youth of Greece, before they at-tained the age of manhood, whent
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