. 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. urposes, whetherI persons or things ; thus, as a genericj term, including the special varieties,although they might be designatedby an appropriate name of theirown; as the hand-basin (malluvium,where see the illustration), the foot-basin (pelluvium, where an example isalso given), and various others enume-rat
. 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. urposes, whetherI persons or things ; thus, as a genericj term, including the special varieties,although they might be designatedby an appropriate name of theirown; as the hand-basin (malluvium,where see the illustration), the foot-basin (pelluvium, where an example isalso given), and various others enume-rated in the Classed Index. s. v. p. 543. Varro, L. 119. Pet Sat 70. 8. 441. PENATES. Household gods,who were believed to be the creatorsand dispensers of all the well-beingaud gifts of fortune enjoyed by afamily, as well as an entire commu-nity, which it was the object of theguardian spirits (lares) to protectand preserve. It is not clear whetherall, or which of the gods, were ve-nerated as penates; for many arementioned of both sexes, Jupiter,Juno, Minerva, Vesta, Neptune,Apollo, &c. ; but every family wor-shipped one or more of these, whoseimages were kept in the inner part ofthe house, the tablinum, situated be-yond the atrium. (Cic. IS. D. ii. PE NATES. 27. Macrob. Sat iii. 4. Varro, iii. 123. Serv. ad 2En. and 325.) They are representedin various ways on coins and medals ;but in the annexed illustration, fromthe Vatican Virgil, which has the PENICILLUM. PENNA. 487
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