. 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. school-room at Herculaneum, from apainting discovered in that city. CATULUS. A chain attached toan iron collar (collare) round theneck, like a dogs chain, hy whichrunaway slaves, when recaptured,were brought back to their masters.(Lucil. Sat. xxix. 15. ed. manicis, catulo, collar ique, withmanacle
. 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. school-room at Herculaneum, from apainting discovered in that city. CATULUS. A chain attached toan iron collar (collare) round theneck, like a dogs chain, hy whichrunaway slaves, when recaptured,were brought back to their masters.(Lucil. Sat. xxix. 15. ed. manicis, catulo, collar ique, withmanacles, leading chain, and neckcollar.) The illustration, from the. Column of Antonine, representing abarbarian captive, shows both thecollar and chain attached to it, asmentioned by Lucilius. CAUDEX. See Codex, whichis the more usual spelling. CAUDICARIUS or CODICA-RIUS. Naves caudicarice. Largeboats employed upon the Tiber, andmade of coarse planking roughly joined (Varro, de Vit. Pop. Rom. s. v. p. 535. Festus. s. v.).; pro-bably so constructed, because therapidity of the current rendered itdifficult to remount the stream; andthey could thus be broken up or takento pieces, without much loss, uponreaching the mouth of the river ortheir place of destination, as was theusual practice upon the Rhone beforethe introduction of steam navigation. CAUDICIUS, sc. lembus. Avessel of similar character as thepreceding, employed upon the Mo-selle. Auson. Mosell. 197. CAUL A. A general name forany place surrounded with fences, soas to form an enclosure, as a sheep-fold, &c. Festus, s. v. Virg. 2En. Serv. ad I. CAULICULI. In architecture,the eig
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