. 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. (Claud. Quadrigar. ap. Gell. 2.) as an ordinary part of theirdress, and indi-cation of rankand power. Thearmlet belongedlikewise to thenational costumeof the early Sa-bines ( 11.);and was frequently given as a rewardof valour to the Roman soldier who haddistinguished himself, to be preservedas a
. 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. (Claud. Quadrigar. ap. Gell. 2.) as an ordinary part of theirdress, and indi-cation of rankand power. Thearmlet belongedlikewise to thenational costumeof the early Sa-bines ( 11.);and was frequently given as a rewardof valour to the Roman soldier who haddistinguished himself, to be preservedas a record, or worn as a decorationupon solemn occasions. (Liv. x. 44.)The example here given is from abronze original which was discoveredin a tomb at Ripatransona upon thearm of a skeleton. 2. (d/jLCpiSea, %A(5wz/, TcepindpTriov,irepio-cpvpiop). In a more generalsense, any circle of gold, or orna-mental ring, which females, and,more especially, the women of Greece,wore upon various parts of their per-sons, round the wrists, on the fleshypart of the arm, or above the ankle,all of which fashions are exemplifiedin the annexed figure of Ariadne,. from a Pompeian painting. TheGreek language had an appropriateterm for each of these ornaments ;but the Latin, which is not equallycopious, includes all under the samename. (Plaut. Men. iii. 3. 3. Ixvii. 6.) Where they areascribed to men, as in Pet. Satxxxii. 4. and Mart. Ep. xi. 21. 7., itis to ridicule in the first instance thevulgar ostentation of a parvenu, andin the latter to characterise a womanlveffeminacy of manner. 58 ARMILLATUS. ARTOPTICIUS. 3. An iron ring fastened upon thehead of a beam, to prevent it fromsplitting. Vitruv. x. 2. 11. ARMILLATUS. Wearing anarmlet (armilla), an ornament espe-cially characteristic of the Asiatic andsome other foreign races; hence anotion of disparagement is commonlyconveyed by the word, even whenused with reference to those nations(Suet, Nero. 30.), and of severe cen-sure when applied to th
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