. 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. .v. 313. Nemes. Cyneg. 91.), and amusical instrument, like the lyre orguitar from the neck. (Apul. 15. 2.) See the illustrations toPharetratus, 3. and Lyristria,which aiford examples of a belt ap-plied in both of these ways. 4. An ornamental belt or band,sometimes decorated with gold and sil-ver stud
. 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. .v. 313. Nemes. Cyneg. 91.), and amusical instrument, like the lyre orguitar from the neck. (Apul. 15. 2.) See the illustrations toPharetratus, 3. and Lyristria,which aiford examples of a belt ap-plied in both of these ways. 4. An ornamental belt or band,sometimes decorated with gold and sil-ver studs, or withembroidery, whichwas placed rounda horses neck andbreast, below themonile or throat-band, and fromwhich bells wereoften suspended.(Apul. Met. 224.) The illustration is from afictile vase: compare the exampleunder Tintinnabulatus, which isplain, and with a bell hanging from it. 5. Less accurately, and particu-larly by the poets, a girdle roundthe waist (Lucan. ii. 361. Sil. 181. Cingulum), and a horsesgirth round the body. Claud. and xx. See Cingula. 6. The broad flat belt in thesphere, whichcontains thetwelve signs ofthe Zodiac, andrepresents thesuns coursethrough them(Manilius, ), as shownby the engraving, which isfrom a painting at
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