. 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. ancient nameof obelisk with us. ( N. xxxvi. 14. 4. 6.) The illustration repre-sents an original Egyptian obelisk,covered with hieroglyphics, whichwas originally brought to Rome forthe purpose of decorating the mauso-leum of Augustus, in the CampusMartius. OBEX. A fastening to a doe
. 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. ancient nameof obelisk with us. ( N. xxxvi. 14. 4. 6.) The illustration repre-sents an original Egyptian obelisk,covered with hieroglyphics, whichwas originally brought to Rome forthe purpose of decorating the mauso-leum of Augustus, in the CampusMartius. OBEX. A fastening to a does not appear that the word hadany special meaning, being applied ina manner which admits of various in-terpretations ; a bolt, for instance,bar, lock, or latch ; and, conse-quently, it may be considered as ageneral term applicable to any of thevarious contrivances adopted by theancients as door fastenings. xiv. 780. Tac. Hist iii. ex Fest. s. Obices. OBOLUS (6§o\6s). A smallpiece of Greek money, originally ofsilver coinage, but in later times ofbronze ; and of which there weretwo standards — the Attic, worthabout l\d. of our money, and theiEginetan, worth about 2\d. 1. 7. OBSERATUS. Fastened with a OBSTRAGULUM. OCREA. 449 Terent. Mart. Sera, which 6. 25. Liv. , 21. OBSTRAGULUM. The flatleather strap or thong with which ashoe of thekind calledcrepida wasbound roundthe foot,passing be-tween thegreat and first toe, and over the in-step, as shown by the annexed exam-ple, from a Greek marble. Extrava-gant persons had these sometimesstudded with pearls. Plin. H. 56. OBSTRIGILLUM. A particu-lar kind of shoe, which had the lap-pets for the strings sewedon to the sole at eachside, as shown by theannexed example, from aPompeian painting. Isidor. 34. 8. OBTURACULUM and OBTU-RAMEN/rTUM. A stopper, bung,or cork, for closing the mouth of abottle, jar, or anythingof a like nature, some-times made of cork, andsometimes
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