. 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. ing of Pompeii. 2. A dice-board, or slab on whichthe dice were cast when playing agame of chance(Juv. i. 90. 14.) ; andwhich, it is pro-bable, was like-wise used inmixed games of chance and skill,the dice which determined the natureof the move being cast upon a sepa-rate slab, and the move, as at
. 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. ing of Pompeii. 2. A dice-board, or slab on whichthe dice were cast when playing agame of chance(Juv. i. 90. 14.) ; andwhich, it is pro-bable, was like-wise used inmixed games of chance and skill,the dice which determined the natureof the move being cast upon a sepa-rate slab, and the move, as at back-gammon, then made in the gaming-board (abacus) with the piece. Theannexed example is from an originalof marble in the museum of the Col- delineated in profile, like the oneI annexed, so that no details can bei seen. But there is good reason toI believe that the pieces were movedin parallel lines; consequently, thatthe board was not divided intosquares, like our chess-board. Some-times, however, the table was madedouble, one side being fitted for theludus trunculorum, the other for theludus duodecim scriptorum (Mart. ) ; and thus tabula also means abackgammon-board (Pet. Sat ), with divisions as described andillustrated s. Abacus, 2. 4. A board or plank for a game
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