. 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. th oil, vinegar,rue, mint, &c. (Cato, R. R. 119.);more common in Greece and Sicily,than in Italy. Varro, L. L. vii. xii. 49. 9. m EPIURUS (ivtovpos). A woodenpin used as a nail (Isidor. 19. 7. Pallad. xii. 7. 15.); butthe readings differ, some having epi-grus and kmKovpos. EPULONES. The
. 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. th oil, vinegar,rue, mint, &c. (Cato, R. R. 119.);more common in Greece and Sicily,than in Italy. Varro, L. L. vii. xii. 49. 9. m EPIURUS (ivtovpos). A woodenpin used as a nail (Isidor. 19. 7. Pallad. xii. 7. 15.); butthe readings differ, some having epi-grus and kmKovpos. EPULONES. The members ofone of the four great religious corpo-rations at Rome, originally composedof three persons (triumviri epulones,Liv. xxxi. 4.), but afterwards in-creased to seven (septemviri epulones,Lucan. i. 602.); whose chief dutyconsisted in preparing a sumptuousbanquet, termed Lectisternium,for Jupiter and the twelve gods, uponoccasions of public rejoicing or ca-lamity (Festus, s. v.), when thestatues of the deities were placedupon couches in front of tables ( ii. 1. 2.), spread with delica-cies, which the Epulones afterwardsconsumed. EQUARIUS, sc. medicus (Imria-rpos). A horse doctor, or veterinarysurgeon. (Val. Max. ix. 15. 2.) Theillustration represents a veterinary,. and shows the ancient manner ofbleeding horses, from a Roman bas-relief discovered in the south ofFrance. 2. Absolutely; a groom or stableboy. (Solin. 43.) Same as Equiso. EQUES («nret/s). In a generalsense, any one who sits upon a horse,a horseman or rider. (Mart. Ep. ) Both the Greeks and Romansrode without stirrups, and eitherupon the bare back (Varro, ap. 108. Mercer), as in the annexedengraving, representing an Athenianyouth, from the Panathenaic frieze KQUES. 263 (compare the illustrations s. Celesand Decursio, which are Roman) ;
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