. 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. bas-relief. The woman was termedsperata, during courtship; pacta,when the lover had made his pro-posals, and been accepted by the girland her father; sponsa, when theyhad mutually pledged their faith;and nupta, when a bride. Non. s. 439. SPORTA. A round plaitedbasket, with a small flat bottom, andhandles
. 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. bas-relief. The woman was termedsperata, during courtship; pacta,when the lover had made his pro-posals, and been accepted by the girland her father; sponsa, when theyhad mutually pledged their faith;and nupta, when a bride. Non. s. 439. SPORTA. A round plaitedbasket, with a small flat bottom, andhandles on the top for the purpose ofsuspending it from the arm, or on apole (jugum), when carried with itscontents from place to place. It wasemployed for many uses ( 7. 1. Varro s. v. p. ), and especiallyas a fishing-basket,(Mart. x. 37., andwood-cut s. Hami-ota.) The example is from thestatue of a young fisherman, in theRoyal Neapolitan Museum. SPORTELLA (<tttvPWlov). Di-minutive of Sporta ; especially asmall basket in which cakes, fruit,and eatables were handed round attable. Pet. Sat. 40. 3. Cic. Fam. Suet. Bom. 4. SPORTULA {(nrvpihov). Di-. minutive of Sporta ; a small fishing-basket (Plaut. Stick, ii. 2. 16. 1. p. 19.), like the precedingexample. It would appear that bas-kets of this description were also em-ployed for handing round certainkinds of eatables at table ; whencethe term was adopted to signify adole, consisting of a small basket ofprovisions, given by great personagesto their clients and retainers, as asubstantial return for the court paidto them, when they assembled at thegreat mans door to make their dailycompliments. Latterly, as mannersgrew more refined and morals lessso, the dole of provisions was com-muted for a sum of money ; whencea gift or present of any kind was alsotermed a sportida. Juv. iii. xiv. 125. Plin. Bp. ii. 14. 4. SPUMA, (sc. caustica or Batava).A pommade, manufactured by
Size: 1689px × 1480px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, booksubjectclassicaldictionarie
