. 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. the precise manner of handling thehow, fixing the arrow, drawing it be-tween the fingers, and of directing itscourse by projecting the forefinger ofthe left hand along the shaft; thusgraphically illustrating the variouspassages which describe the process— nervo aptare sagittas (Virg. 131.); imponere (O
. 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. the precise manner of handling thehow, fixing the arrow, drawing it be-tween the fingers, and of directing itscourse by projecting the forefinger ofthe left hand along the shaft; thusgraphically illustrating the variouspassages which describe the process— nervo aptare sagittas (Virg. 131.); imponere (Ov. Met. ); dirigere (Claud, iy. 530.) &c. SAGMA (adyixa). A pack-saddlemade on a frame, and employed forsumpter horses and beasts of burden,to receive the panniers or loadedgoods, as contradistinguished fromthe ordinary riding-pad (ephippium),which was soft and stuffed, and hadno tree (Teg. Vet. iii. 59. 1. Orig. xx. 16. 5.). The example iscopied from a Pompeian painting;and similar saddles are also exhibitedon the column of Trajan. The frameprojecting from the side is intendedto receive the lowest packages, andthus constitute a broad base forpiling up the goods all round. SAGMARIUS. A horse, mule,or other beast of burden, who carriesa load upon the pack-saddle (sagma)as described under the last word.(Lamprid. Elag. 4. Aurel. Imp. in
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