A dictionary of Greek and Roman . marks of the growing luxury of the age. ABORTIO. ACCEPTILATIO. (Cic. Verr. iv. 16, Tusc. v. 21 ; Liv. xxxix. 6 ;Plin. xxxvii. 6 ; Petron. 73 ; Sid. Apoll. , 8.) These abaci are sometimes called mensaeDelphicae. (Cic. Verr. iv. 59 ; Mart. xii. 67 ;Becker, Gallus, vol. i. p. 140.) 7. A part of the theatre on or near the stage. 8. The diminutive Abaculus (a§aid<TKos) de-noted a tile of marble, glass, or any other substanceused for making ornamental pavements. They wereof various colours. (Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 67 ; Mos-chion, ap. Ath. v.
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . marks of the growing luxury of the age. ABORTIO. ACCEPTILATIO. (Cic. Verr. iv. 16, Tusc. v. 21 ; Liv. xxxix. 6 ;Plin. xxxvii. 6 ; Petron. 73 ; Sid. Apoll. , 8.) These abaci are sometimes called mensaeDelphicae. (Cic. Verr. iv. 59 ; Mart. xii. 67 ;Becker, Gallus, vol. i. p. 140.) 7. A part of the theatre on or near the stage. 8. The diminutive Abaculus (a§aid<TKos) de-noted a tile of marble, glass, or any other substanceused for making ornamental pavements. They wereof various colours. (Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 67 ; Mos-chion, ap. Ath. v. 207, d.) [J. ABACTUS VENTER. [Abortio.]ABALIENATIO. [Mancipium.]ABDICATIO. [Magistrates.]ABOLLA, the Latin form of a/j.§6\\a, i. §o\i], a loose woollen cloak. Nonius quotes apassage of Varro to show that it was a garmentworn by soldiers (vestis militaris), and thus op-posed to the toga. Its form and the mode ofwearing it are seen in the figures annexed, takenfrom the bas-reliefs on the triumphal arch of Sep-timius Severus at It was, however, not confined to military occa-sions, but was also worn in the city. (Suet. ) It was especially used by the Stoic philoso-phers at Rome as the pallium philosophicum, just asthe Greek philosophers were accustomed to dis-tinguish themselves by a particular dress. ( 75; Mart. iv. 53, viii. 48.) Hence the expres-sion of Juvenal (iv. 75) /acinus majoris abollaemerely signifies, a crime committed by a verydeep philosopher. (Hemrich, ad Juv. ; Becker,Gallus, vol. ii. p. 99.) ABORTIO. This Avord and the cognate wordabortivus, abortus, were applied to a child pre-maturely born, whence it appears that they werealso applied to signify a premature birth broughtabout designedly. The phrase abactus venter inPaulus (Sent. Recep. iv. 9) simply means a pre-mature birth. That abortion in the secondary senseof the word was practised among the Romans,appears from various passages and from there beingan enactment against it.
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