. 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. scale, of one of the groupsdesigned by the artist Beccafiume. 6. Pavimentum testaceum. Aflooring made of broken pottery(testa). (Pallad. i. 19. 1. Ib. ) Same as No. 1. PAVONACEUM, sc. opus or tec-tum. A method of laying tiles ofbrick or marble, similar to what isseen upon the roofs of old houses inEnglan
. 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. scale, of one of the groupsdesigned by the artist Beccafiume. 6. Pavimentum testaceum. Aflooring made of broken pottery(testa). (Pallad. i. 19. 1. Ib. ) Same as No. 1. PAVONACEUM, sc. opus or tec-tum. A method of laying tiles ofbrick or marble, similar to what isseen upon the roofs of old houses inEngland, Holland, and Germany, inwhich the tiles are rounded at oneend, so that in overlapping eachother they present an appearance like the feathers of a peacocks tail,as exhibited by the annexed exam-3 Q 482 PAXILLUS. PECTORALE. pie, from a marble fragment exca-vated in the Forum of Trajan. N. xxxvi. 44. PAXILLUS (vdtrcrdKos). Anysmall sharp pointed piece of wood;as a peg for hanging things upon(Varro, ap. Non. s. v. p. 153.); forsupporting a shelf (Columell. 3.) ; a dibble for planting (Id. 3.). PEC7TEN (fcreis). A comb forthe hair, made of box wood (Mart,xiv. 25. Ov. Met iv. 311.), or ivory(Claud. Nupt. Honor, et Mar. 102.).The illustration represents a small-. toothed comb (denso dente. Tibull. 68.), from an original of ancientworkmanship, made of box-wood,and having a bar of ivory inlaid witha pattern in gold, placed across theback, between the two rows of teeth,which are cut extremely fine andeven. The large-toothed comb (ramspecten) was likewise employed inhair-cutting to place under the scis-sors, in order to prevent them fromclipping too close. Plaut. Capt. 18. 2. (/cepKis). An instrument withteeth like a comb, employed by theancient weavers for the same pur-pose as the reed, lay, or bat-ten of our own times ; viz. to runthe threads of the web close toge-ther, by inserting its teeth betweenthe threads of the warp, and pressing
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