. 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. ntly itcame to be used morecommonly, and by allclasses, as an article (\of the ordinary attire.(Juv. Suet. ) It does not differvery materially fromthe sagum; but wasmade of finer material,and somewhat small-er dimensions, whenceMartial recommendspersons addicted tothieving not to wear an abolla,
. 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. ntly itcame to be used morecommonly, and by allclasses, as an article (\of the ordinary attire.(Juv. Suet. ) It does not differvery materially fromthe sagum; but wasmade of finer material,and somewhat small-er dimensions, whenceMartial recommendspersons addicted tothieving not to wear an abolla, be-cause it was not large enough to con-ceal the stolen articles beneath Ep. viii. 48. 2. Abolla major. The large wrap-ping blanket of the Greek philoso-phers, more especiallyof the Cynics, who, asthey wore no underclothing, envelopedthemselves for thesake of decency in awrapper of very ampledimensions (Mart. 53.). Hence theexpression facinus ma-joris abolla (Juv. 115.) means acrime committed by aGreek philosopher, the garment beingput for the person who wears it, as weapply our phrase the long robe tomembers of the legal profession. Theillustration represents Heraclitus froman engraved gem. ABSIS or APSIS. The semicir-cular termination of any rectangular.
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