. 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. in. Ep. ii. 17. 11., butthe reading is doubtful.) See El^:- OTHESIUM. UNCUS (ojkos). Literally, a bendor curve ; whence applied to objectsformed in that figure; especially ahook with which the executionerdragged up the corpse of a malefactorfrom the subterranean dungeon (car-nificind) in which he was put tode
. 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. in. Ep. ii. 17. 11., butthe reading is doubtful.) See El^:- OTHESIUM. UNCUS (ojkos). Literally, a bendor curve ; whence applied to objectsformed in that figure; especially ahook with which the executionerdragged up the corpse of a malefactorfrom the subterranean dungeon (car-nificind) in which he was put todeath, on to the Gemonian stairs, orinto the Tiber. Cic. R. Perd. x. 66. Ov. Ibis. 166. 2. The fluke of an anchor. ii. 423. Ancora. Dens, 1. 3. A surgical instrument employedby accoucheurs. Cels. vii. 29. UNGUENTARIUS (nvpoirfans).A maker and vendor of scents andunguents. Cic. Off. i. 42. Hor. Satii. 3. 228. 2. Unguentaria taberna. A per-fumers shop. Varro, L. L. viii. Aug. 4. 3. Unguentarium sc. vas. A scent-bottle or vase for holding fine un-guents and perfumes (Plin. 12.). They were made ofalabaster, and pietre dure, or glass, ofwhich latter material several speci- mens in different forms and sizes, arcexhibited by the illustrations, all from. originals preserved in the Museum atNaples. URCEOLUS. (Juv. iii. 203.) Diminutive of URCEUS. A vessel with handles(Mart. xiv. 106.), generally made ofearthenware (Hor. A. P. 21. c), and chiefly used as a ewer forfilling other vessels with water. (Var-ro ap. Non. s. Trdlleum, p. Dig. 33. 7. 18.) It is probablyallied to vp%o. and Orcha; but thereare no sufficient data by which to de-termine its precise form. URINATOR (KoAvu§r}T7)s, apvev-ttjp). A diver, trained to swim underwater, for the purpose of recoveringarticles lost by shipwreck ; sometimestaken on board ships to assist in rais-ing the anchor, or to damage the hullof an enemys vessel in action. 10. Callistrat. Dig. 14
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