. 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. encethe term was used as a title forthe head man or superintendent ofa Roman household, both in townand country establishments. Thoughhimself a slave, he had the entiremanagement of his masters propertyand dependants, thus acting in thecapacity of our steward or maitred*hotel in town, and bailiff or agentin t
. 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. encethe term was used as a title forthe head man or superintendent ofa Roman household, both in townand country establishments. Thoughhimself a slave, he had the entiremanagement of his masters propertyand dependants, thus acting in thecapacity of our steward or maitred*hotel in town, and bailiff or agentin the country. Senec. Ep. 14. Co-lumell. i. 6. 7. Plin. Ep. iii. 19. Or. i. 58. Id. Att. xiv. 16. 2. Procurator pent Plaut. 2. 14. Same as Cellarius andPromus. 3. Procurator regni. A viceroy, ordeputy governor. Cses. B. C. iii. 112. 4. An officer who administered theproperty and collected the dues fromany estates in town, or in the pro-vinces belonging to the emperors orto the senate (Suet. Cal. 47. ^ 36.). These persons werenot slaves, but selected from theequestrians (Suet. Vit. 2.), or fromthe class of freedmen. Id. Otho, 7. PROJECTURA (yctao-ov). Thebeaver of a helmet, so termed becauseit projects like the eaves of a roofover the top of the face, as is. clearly shown by the annexed ex-ample from an original bronze hel-met found at Pompeii. The Latinname is quoted by Becchi (Mus. Borb. iii. 60.), but without mentioninghis authority ; the Greek one is givenby Pollux (i. 135.). PROMPTUARIUM. A store-closet, or store-room. Cato, R. 3. Apul. Met. i. p. 17. PROMULSIDIARE tray, stand, or other contrivancefor holding the dishes and vesselsupon which the promulsis was servedup. Pet. Sat. 31. 9. where thearticle is made in the form of an asswith a pair of panniers. Ulp. Dig. 20. PROMULSIS. The name givento every sort of eatable taken as astimulant to the appetite before dinner,such as eggs, oysters, radishes, & Earn. ix. 20. PROMU
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