. 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. ying-pan, of which an ex-ample is afforded by theannexed illustration froman original of bronze,discovered at H. N. xvi. x. 64. SARTOR (from sarcio). Sameas Sarcinator. Non. s. v. p. 7. 2. (from sarrio.) Same as Sar-ritor. Plaut. Capt. iii. 5. 3. SATRAPA, SATRAPES, andSATRAPS (o-arpdirvs
. 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. ying-pan, of which an ex-ample is afforded by theannexed illustration froman original of bronze,discovered at H. N. xvi. x. 64. SARTOR (from sarcio). Sameas Sarcinator. Non. s. v. p. 7. 2. (from sarrio.) Same as Sar-ritor. Plaut. Capt. iii. 5. 3. SATRAPA, SATRAPES, andSATRAPS (o-arpdirvs). A satrap ;2. e. a Persian officer ofhigh rank, who acted inthe capacity of governorof a province, or viceroyfor the king. ( iii. 13. Nepos,Con. 2.) One of thedistinctive badges ofthese personages consist-ed in the right of wear-ing a tall, stiff, uprightcap {tiara recta), which,as being worn by theannexed figure, from aPersepolitan sculpture,induces the belief that it representsan officer of the quality described. SAVANUM. See Sabanum. SAVILLUM or sort of pudding, made of flour,cheese, eggs, and honey, and servedup to table in the vessel it was cookedin, like our puddings in a , JR. JR. 84. SAXUM QUADRATUM. Arock of volcanic formation, termed. SAXUM QUADRATUM. SCABELLUM. by the Italian geologists lithoidtufo {tufa litoide), the same as thatwhich forms the basis of the Capito-line hill, and which received thename from the rectangular massesinto which its natural fissures divideit. All the earlier buildings ascribedto the legendary period of the kings,the underground dungeon of ServiusTullius, the Cloaca Maxima, and thesubstructions of the Capitolium, arebuilt of this material, which in factwas the only one in use until theintroduction of the Appian and Gabianstone, now designated by the name ofpeperino. It is consequently thiswhich Livy designates by the nameof saxum quadratum (vi. 4.), whenspeaking of the foundation of theCapitoline temple
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