. 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. emblem especially characteristic ofthe god Neptune, who is thus repre-sented in the last illustration, from aminiature in the Vatican Virgil. viii. 595. Id. xi. 202. TRIENS. A copper coin, weigh-ing four ounces, and equal in valueto one-third of an As.(Plin. H. N. ) It has four ballsstamped
. 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. emblem especially characteristic ofthe god Neptune, who is thus repre-sented in the last illustration, from aminiature in the Vatican Virgil. viii. 595. Id. xi. 202. TRIENS. A copper coin, weigh-ing four ounces, and equal in valueto one-third of an As.(Plin. H. N. ) It has four ballsstamped upon it to de-note the value, as inthe annexed examplefrom an original drawn on a scale oftwo thirds the actual size. TRIER ARCHUS (rptipapxos).Properly, the commander of a Greektrireme, whence the title was trans-ferred into the Roman navy. , xiv. 8. Id. Hist ii. 16. TRIERIS (rpvfipris). A Greekword, for which the Romans morecommonly use Triremis. TRFFAX. A missile of four anda half cubits long, which was dis-charged from the catapulta (Festus,. s. v. Ennius ap. Fest. I. c. Aul. 25. 1.); probably a sort of spear,so denominated from having threebarbs, as in the example, which iscopied from the column of Trajan. TRIGA. A three-horsed car, anda team of three horses yoked abreast
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