. 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. p (Ovid. Met —114.); whence the expressionaulcea premuntur (Hor. Epist. ii. Compare Apul. Met. x. p. 232.), the drop scene is let down, impliesthat the play is about to commence;and aulcea tolluntur (Ov. Met. I. c), the scene is raised up, that the actor play was ended. AUL(EDUS(auA^s). One whos
. 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. p (Ovid. Met —114.); whence the expressionaulcea premuntur (Hor. Epist. ii. Compare Apul. Met. x. p. 232.), the drop scene is let down, impliesthat the play is about to commence;and aulcea tolluntur (Ov. Met. I. c), the scene is raised up, that the actor play was ended. AUL(EDUS(auA^s). One whosings to the accompaniment of a fluteI or pipe. Cic. Mur. 13. AURES. The earth or mouldI boards of a plough, placed on eachj side of the share-beam, and incliningj outwards, in order to throw off the| earth turned up by the share into aj ridge on each side of the furrow.! (Virg. G. i. 172.) They are shown! in the engraving s. v. Aratrum 2. by! the letters ee. A U7 REUS. Called also nummusaureus, or denarius aureus; aguilder, or golden denarius, the stand-! ard gold coin of the Romans, which| passed for twenty-five denarii, orlis. %\d. ; but the intrinsic value, as! compared with our gold coinage at 70 AURIGA. the present day, would nearly equal1/. Is. l^d. (Plin. xxxiii. Suet. Cat. 42. Id. Bom. 8. Husseyon ancient Weights and Money.). Theillustration is from an original in itsactual state. AURFGA (r)i>ioxos). In generalany person who acted as a coachmanor charioteer, as shown by the ex-ample from a terra-cotta bas-relief.
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