. 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. ro-duced by the outer rank stoopingwhilst those before them graduallystood more and more erect. Thewhole of these details are clearlyillustrated by the annexed wood-cut,which represents a body of Romansoldiers on the column of Antoninus,formed into a testudo, and advancingto the escalade of a German fortress.
. 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. ro-duced by the outer rank stoopingwhilst those before them graduallystood more and more erect. Thewhole of these details are clearlyillustrated by the annexed wood-cut,which represents a body of Romansoldiers on the column of Antoninus,formed into a testudo, and advancingto the escalade of a German fortress. TETRACHORDON (rtrpdxop-§op). Literally, having four strings,and thus producing four notes ( 324.); a scale comprising twotones and a half, which formed theold Greek musical system. The waterorgan (hydraulus) is termed a tetra- chord by Vitruvius (x. 8. 2.), whenit has only four barrels. TETRADOROS or -ON (re-r^-Zcapos or -ov). Literally, of four handsbreadth ; applied to bricks ( 2. 3.) ; see Later, where thecomparative sizes of ancient bricksare described and exemplified. TETRADRACHMUM (rerpa-dpaxnov). A silver piece of theAthenian coinage, containing fourdrachms (drachma), and worth some-thing less than Ss. 3d. of our money.(Liv. xxxiv. 52.) The example is. from an original drawn one-third lessthan the actual size. TETRAPHORI sc. who carried a load in a bodyof four, by means of a bearing pole(phalanga). Vitruv. x. 3. 7. Seethe illustrations 5. Phalanga andPhalangarii, where the operation isperformed by two men, and by eight,respectively. TETRASTYLOS (rerpdffrvKos).Having four columns ; either situatedin a straight line in front of an edi-fice (Vitruv. iii. 3. 7.), or at-the fourcorners of a square in the interior(Id. vi. 3. 1., and wood-cuts. Atrium,2.) ; whence tetrastylon, as a substan-tive, is used to designate an interiorwhich has a row of columns disposed,like a peristyle (peristylium), roundthe four sides of a square.
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