. 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. upper leather werefastened over the instep (Aul. 21. 2.) ; same as Amentum, 2.,where see the illustration. 5. The lace or strap by which thecheek-pieces (bucculce) were fastenedunder the chin. Val. Flacc. vi. 365.,woodcut p. 90. 6. The sheets of a sail; i. e. theropes by which the lower ends ofthe
. 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. upper leather werefastened over the instep (Aul. 21. 2.) ; same as Amentum, 2.,where see the illustration. 5. The lace or strap by which thecheek-pieces (bucculce) were fastenedunder the chin. Val. Flacc. vi. 365.,woodcut p. 90. 6. The sheets of a sail; i. e. theropes by which the lower ends ofthe sails are braced to or slackedaway from the wind (Val. Flacc. Compare Ov. Fast. iii. 593.); j poetically for Pes, where see the il-lustration. 7. The thong of a sling ( 710. Val. Flacc. v. 609.); see FuNDA. 8. The thong of a whip for punish-ing slaves (Hor. Ep. ii. 2. 15. ix. 81. and illustrations s. Fla»gellum and Scutica); or flogginga top. Virg. 2En. vii. 380. HALTERES (aArf/pes). Heavyweights of stone or lead, like ourdumb-bells, intended to increase themuscular exertion of gymnastic exer-j cises, being held in each hand whilstleaping, running, dancing, &c. LLAMA. HAMUS, 327 (Mart vii. 67. Id. xiv. 49. CompareSenec. Ep. 15. and 56. Juv. vi. 421.). The illustration represents a youthin the gymnasium lifting a pair ofhalteres from the ground, with twoexamples of the different forms inwhich they were made on the lefthand of the engraving, all from de-signs on fictile vases: the large oneat the top will afford a specimen ofthe massa gravis of Juvenal (I. c.). HAM A (&/U77). A pail or bucket;used in the wine cellar (Plaut. 2. 42.) ; by firemen and othersfor extinguishing conflagrations ( 305. Plin. Ep. x. 35. 2.); fordrawing water from a well. 33. 7. 12. § 21. HAMATUS, sc. Ensis. ( v. 80.) See Falx, 6. 2. See Lorica, 6. HAMIOTA. An angler; whofishes with a line and hook (hamus),
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