. 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. xca-vated in Pompeii, and a partof the chain by which it hangsis shown. The use of it wasto draw up and lengthen thewick as it burnt down in thesocket; et producit acu stupashumore carentes. Virg. Morel. 11. 5. A dibble for planting i. 43. 2. 6. A surgeons probe (Furnaletti,s. v.) ; but he does
. 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. xca-vated in Pompeii, and a partof the chain by which it hangsis shown. The use of it wasto draw up and lengthen thewick as it burnt down in thesocket; et producit acu stupashumore carentes. Virg. Morel. 11. 5. A dibble for planting i. 43. 2. 6. A surgeons probe (Furnaletti,s. v.) ; but he does not quote any an-cient authority, and the proper termfor that instrument was specillum. ADMISSARIUS, sc. equus (dva-€drr]s). A stallion kept especially forthe purpose of breeding; for as theancients mostly rode and drove entirehorses, none but those especially keptfor the purpose were allowed to haveintercourse with the mares. Varro,B. M. ii. 7. 1. Columell. vi. 27. 3. 2. Also used of other animals, as AD0RAT10. ADYTUM. 11 of asses. Varro, i?. i?. ii. 8. 3. Pal-lad, iv. 14. 2. ADORATIO (vpofficvvriais, 1374). The act of adoration,a mark of reverence exhibited bypassers-by to any person or object to-wards which they wished to show ex-treme reverence and respect. This. action was expressed by the followingattitude and movements: — the bodywas inclined slightly forwards and theknees gently bent, whilst the righthand touched the object of reverence,an altar, statue, &c.; the left wasraised up to the mouth {ad os, fromwhence the term is derived), kissed,and then waved towards the objectintended to be honoured. (Plin. H. 5. xxix. 20. Apul. Met. 83. Varior. Id. Apol p. 496.) Thechief motions in this pantomime areclearly shown in the illustration, whichis copied from an engraved gem inGorlaeus {Dactyliothec., No. 63.). ADULATIO (-n-poo-Kvyriais, Herod,i. 134). The most abject manner ofdoing an act of reverence, as practised
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