. 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. (IxOvorpoQeiov). Astew or stock pond for fish, an usualappendage to the villa residences ofthe wealthy Romans. Aul. Gell. 2. Cic. Att. ii. 1. Varro, R. 17. Columell. viii. 17. 2. A large swimming bath in theopen air (Plin. Ep. v. 6. 25.), eitherof tepid water warmed by the heat ofthe sun, or fro
. 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. (IxOvorpoQeiov). Astew or stock pond for fish, an usualappendage to the villa residences ofthe wealthy Romans. Aul. Gell. 2. Cic. Att. ii. 1. Varro, R. 17. Columell. viii. 17. 2. A large swimming bath in theopen air (Plin. Ep. v. 6. 25.), eitherof tepid water warmed by the heat ofthe sun, or from a naturally warmspring (Id. ii. 17. 11. Suet. Nero,31.) ; but sometimes reduced in tem-perature by the admixture of snow(Id. Nero, 27.). It differs from thebaptisterium, in not being under coverand generally colder. 3. Piscina limaria. A clearingtank, constructed at the commence-ment or termination of an aqueduct,for the purpose of allowing the waterto purify itself by depositing its sedi-ment before it was transmitted PISCINA. PISTRINA. 507 through the city (Frontin. Aq. )- Many remains of such workshave been discovered in differentparts of Italy, some of which areconstructed upon a scale of very greatextent and magnificence ; but theannexed illustration, representing the. plan of one which formerly existedunder the Pincian hill (collis hortu-lorum), and served to purify the aquaVirgo, though small and inconsiderableas compared with many others, willexplain the general nature of thesestructures, and the manner in whichthey operated, a a represents theduct or water course of the aqueduct,which discharges its waters into thechamber b, where the onward courseof the stream is arrested, and ceasesto flow, c is an aperture in the floorof the chamber, through which thewater descends into another vault, d,below the level of the duct, at thebottom of which the sediment con-tained in the water deposits , another aperture through whichthe water passes on to a second vault
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