. 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. alluded to by Dionysius (iii. 67.),when a sum of not less than 200,000/.of our money was laid out upon them. ANTESIGNANI. A body ofthe boldest and best men of thelegion, who were stationed imme-diately before the standards to pre-vent their being captured by theenemy. Cses. i. 57. Liv. xxii. ix. 39
. 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. alluded to by Dionysius (iii. 67.),when a sum of not less than 200,000/.of our money was laid out upon them. ANTESIGNANI. A body ofthe boldest and best men of thelegion, who were stationed imme-diately before the standards to pre-vent their being captured by theenemy. Cses. i. 57. Liv. xxii. ix. 39. ANTESTOR. To summon a per-son, or ask him to become witnessthat a defendant refuses to come intocourt. On such occasions the plaintiffasked any of the bystanders to bearwitness of the defendants contempt,by the words licet antestari; upon re-ceiving his assent, he touched the earof his witness, then seized upon theperson of his opponent, and draggedhim forcibly into the court. iv. 9. 10. Hor. Sat. i. 9. xi. 103. ANTL/E. The ringlets of awomans head of hair, which hang. down to the ears from the temples(Festus, Isidor. Orig. xix. 31. 8.),and likewise the side locks of males,when studiously arranged in the sameway from the temples down the sidesof the face (Apul. Flor. i. 3. 3.) ; asin the example, from a small bronzefigure found at Herculaneum. Theillustration to Anadema shows theseringlets as worn by females, from aPompeian painting. ANTILENA. A breast strapattached to the pack saddles of abeast of burden, ^in order to keepthe saddle from \§k .r<fi sliding back- ,^lL r^V wards. (Isidor. ij\Orig. xx. 16.) JaI n\yIt was fastened | i F Jto the front of the ^ ^=~-===&-~^saddle on both sides, and passed across the chest ofthe animal, as in the illustration froma painting at Herculaneum; and wasa necessary appendage to the pack-saddle in all mountainous countries,where the ascents are steep. ANTIQUARIUS. A term usedunder the empire, and distinct f
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