. 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. sture employed by theancients for making a sign to attractobservation (Cic. Agr. ii. 30.) ; par-ticularly as a summons to their slaves(Pet Sat 27. 5. Mart. Ep. xiv. iii. 82.) ; and, in general, as amark of contemptuous indifference;which latter expression is implied bythe figure in the engraving, repre
. 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. sture employed by theancients for making a sign to attractobservation (Cic. Agr. ii. 30.) ; par-ticularly as a summons to their slaves(Pet Sat 27. 5. Mart. Ep. xiv. iii. 82.) ; and, in general, as amark of contemptuous indifference;which latter expression is implied bythe figure in the engraving, repre- senting a drunken Faun, from a statuefound at Herculaneum, as it were inthe act of exclaiming, Eat, drink,and be merry ; all else is not worththis snap of the fingers. CREPUNDIA {(nrdpyaua). Chil-drens playthings; consisting of avariety of miniature objects, such asrattles, dolls, little swords, hatchets,&c, and other toys similar to thosegiven to children at the presentday. But the Greeks and Romansalso included under the same namelittle tokens of the same descriptionwhich they used to tie round theirchildrens necks (Plaut. Mil. v. 6.) forornaments, or amulets, and also toserve as a means of recognition forthose who were exposed, or put outto nurse. (Plaut. Cist. iv. 1. Cic. Brut. 91. Soph. (Ed. T. 1035.)Several of these are enumerated byPlautus {Bud. iv. 4. Ill—12tf. i. 34), and are seen round theneck of a child in a statue of the Pio-Clementine Museum, copied in thepreceding engraving, of the samecharacter as he mentions : — viz. ahalf moon {lunula), on the top of theright shoulder; then a double axe{securicula ancipes) ; next a bucket{situla argenteola) ; a sort of flower,not mentioned ; a little sword {ensi-culus aureolus) ; a little hand {mani-cula); then another half-moon; adolphin, instead of the little sow{sucula) mentioned by Plautus ; witha recurrence of the same objects. CRETA. CRISTA, 215
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