. 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. dishcomposed of beef, or pork, and lardpotted down. Pers. ii. 42. ad I. TUDES and -IS. An antiquatedname for a mallet. Festus, s. v. Se-ver. JEtn. 559. Malleus. TUDICULA. Diminutive ofTudes ; a machine for bruisingolives, and separating the fleshy partof the berries from the stone, previousto placi
. 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. dishcomposed of beef, or pork, and lardpotted down. Pers. ii. 42. ad I. TUDES and -IS. An antiquatedname for a mallet. Festus, s. v. Se-ver. JEtn. 559. Malleus. TUDICULA. Diminutive ofTudes ; a machine for bruisingolives, and separating the fleshy partof the berries from the stone, previousto placing them under the press (tor-cular), by which the oil was squeezedout. Its action was similar to that ofa Tribulum, working in an upright,instead of horizontal direction (Colu-mell. xii. 52. 7.) ; but the machine isobjected to by Columella, as liable toget out of order, or to have its actionimpeded by very trifling circum-stances ; such as that of throwing inonly a few berries over the properquantity. At Mongres, in France,olives are bruised by instrumentscalled battoirs; the name and opera-tion of which are believed to exhibitgenuine traces of the Roman , ad Columell. /. c. Id. detrapeto Catonis, p. 617. TUGURIUM. A cottiers hut;forming an abode for the poorest. classes of the rural population. Theywere made of wood, with peakedroofs of turf, the bark of trees, hur-dles, or other materials of the samecommon description, and apparentlywithout windows (Plin. xvi. 14. Virg. Eel. i. 69. Columell. xii. 15. I. Festus, s. v.), as exhibited bythe illustration from one of thePompeian paintings. TULLtANUM. An under-ground dungeon belonging to thestate-prisons at Rome ; so termedafter the name of Servius Tullius, bywhose orders it was made. ( 58. Varro, L. L. v. 151. Li 22. xxxiv. 44. Festus, s. v.)The Tullianum is still in existence,retaining all the features minutelydescribed by Sal lust, and is exhibitedby the annexed engraving. It con-
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