. 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. rd appears to have been the firstLatin one employed to designate apair of stirrups; being first met within a treatise on the art of war writtenby the emperor Mauritius at the endof the sixth century. It is sufficientlyascertained that the pure Greeks and SCALMUS. SCALPRUM. 577 Romans did not ride upon regular
. 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. rd appears to have been the firstLatin one employed to designate apair of stirrups; being first met within a treatise on the art of war writtenby the emperor Mauritius at the endof the sixth century. It is sufficientlyascertained that the pure Greeks and SCALMUS. SCALPRUM. 577 Romans did not ride upon regularsaddles, made like our own upon atree (see Sella equestris), but onlyupon pads (ephippia). Consequently,as stirrups were not used until theregular saddle was invented, the wordis not to be regarded as pure Latinityin this sense, nor as characteristic ofreally ancient manners, but as oneadopted during the period of tran-sition from ancient to modern , Ars Mil. ed. Joh. Scheffer,Upsal, 1664. p. 22. and lib. ii. cap. 64. Beckman, History of Inven-tions, Article Stirrups. SCALMUS ((TKa\fx6s). Thethowl; a strong wooden stay on theinside of a vessel to which the oarwas attached by means of a thong(struppus) to keep it firm and steadyin rowing. (Cic Brut 53. Id. Or. 38. Vitruv. x. 3. 6.) Being insidethe vessel, this object is not apparentin any ancient work of art; but therecan be no doubt that it was formed inthe same way as in the Mediterraneangalleys of the 16th century, fromwhich the example annexed is taken. SCALPEL7 LUM and -US{(TfiiXiov). Diminutive of Scalperor Scalprum. A small sharp sur-gical knife, employed for cuttingaway the proud flesh round a wound(Columell. vi. 32. Plin. H. N. Cic. Sext. 65.) ; and for openingveins to let blood. (Cels. ii 10.) SCALPER. Same as SCALPRUM (afiiXf], KoAcnrrrjp).A sharp, cutting instrument, em-ployed by artists and mechanics for avariety of purposes, and belonging tothe class which we denominate chiselsor c
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