. 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. ven toany choice and delicate food, especiallypoultry and game, which we mightterm dainties. Pet. Sat. 65. 1. 6. Mart. xiii. 92. MAT ULA (a^s). This word, likeits diminutive, is the one usually em-ployed to designate a chamber utensil(Plaut. Most. ii. 1. 39. Ulp. Dig. 25. § 10. and the authoritie
. 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. ven toany choice and delicate food, especiallypoultry and game, which we mightterm dainties. Pet. Sat. 65. 1. 6. Mart. xiii. 92. MAT ULA (a^s). This word, likeits diminutive, is the one usually em-ployed to designate a chamber utensil(Plaut. Most. ii. 1. 39. Ulp. Dig. 25. § 10. and the authorities citeds. Matella and Matellio); thoughthey were all likewise referred toanv kind of vessel for holding water. MAUSOLEUM. The sepulchreof Mausolus, king of Caria, whichfrom the beauty and magnificence ofits structure passed for one of thewonders of the world (Plin. 4. § 9.); hence the word wasadopted by the Romans as a name forany sepulchre of extraordinary mag-nificence, especially of kings andemperors, like that of Augustus inthe Campus Martius; and of Hadrian 414 MAYORTE. MEDIC AMENTARII. on the opposite bank of the Tiber.(Florus, iv. 11. 10. Suet. Aug. 23. Mart. v. 64.) Considerableremains of both these edifices are stillin existence; the first being now. used as a ring for bull baits; thelatter as a fortress, which goes by thename of the Castle St. Angelo. Both,however, are entirely deprived oftheir external ornaments: but theannexed woodcut represents the mau-soleum of Hadrian, as it appeared inits original state, before the statuesand columns which decorated it weredestroyed during the siege of Romeby the Goths under Vitiges. Therestoration is by the Venetian archi-tect Labacco (Libro delV Architet-tura, Roma, 1558), from remainingvestiges, representations on medals,and the description of Procopius. Itwill convey a just idea of the formermagnificence of the sepulchre, andmay be regarded as an accurate de-sign, with the exception that thereshould be
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