. 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. Persia, which had a sort of reddish -purple tint {purpureas, noptpvpeos) decorated with a stripe of white downthe front ([MecrdXevKos), as is plainlyshown by the annexed illustration,representing Darius at the battle ofIssus, from the celebrated mosaic ofPompeii, in which the shades ofcolour are tinted as des
. 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. Persia, which had a sort of reddish -purple tint {purpureas, noptpvpeos) decorated with a stripe of white downthe front ([MecrdXevKos), as is plainlyshown by the annexed illustration,representing Darius at the battle ofIssus, from the celebrated mosaic ofPompeii, in which the shades ofcolour are tinted as Pcen. v. 5. 33. CompareCurt. iii. 3. 28. Hesych. s. v. SARCINA. A pack or bundle ofthings collected together and madeup into a lump forthe convenience ofcarriage by men,beasts of burden, orin vehicles ( 117. - ii. 7. Hirt. B. Afr. 75.), ascontradistinguished from fastis, abundle tied up into a faggot. Theexample is from the column ofTrajan, and shows the way in whichthe ancient packs are uniformly re-presented when tied up. 2. The personal baggage belongingto, and carried by, a Roman on themarch; viz. hisarms, clothes, ra-tions for a certainnumber of days,and the utensils forcooking them; ascontradistinguishedfrom impedimenta,the baggage of theentir
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