. 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. at it was made of aleather plat. BULLAT US. Wearing thebulla; which was suspended by afastening round the neck, so as tohang in front of the breast. It wasso worn by Roman children, untilthey attained the ageof puberty, when itwas laid aside, toge-ther with the prce-texta, and dedicatedto the tutelary dei-tie
. 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. at it was made of aleather plat. BULLAT US. Wearing thebulla; which was suspended by afastening round the neck, so as tohang in front of the breast. It wasso worn by Roman children, untilthey attained the ageof puberty, when itwas laid aside, toge-ther with the prce-texta, and dedicatedto the tutelary dei-ties of their house.(Scipio Afr. ap. Ma-crob. Sat. ii. 10. v. 31.) The il-lustration is from abas-relief in terra-cotta, and representsa youth with his tablet at school. BULLULA. Diminutive ofBulla. An ornament, worn byfemales round their necks, of similarcharacter to the last, but of smallerdimensions, and made of gold, silver,bronze, or of precious stones. In-script. ap. Ficoroni, Bolla dOro,p. 26. Hieron. in Isai. ii. 3. 18. BURA or BURIS (t6?s). Theplough tail (Varro, B. B. i. 19. 2.) ;i. e. the hinder part of an ancientplough formed out of the branch of atree, or a single piece of timber, bentat one end into a curve (Virg. 169.), like an oxs tail (£oos ovpa),. BUSTUAEIUS. BUXUM. 93 from which resemblance the Latinname originated. (Serv. ad Isidor. Orig. xx. 14. 2.) Theillustration represents an ancient plough, from an engraved gem; thebent part on the left hand is thebura; the short hook under it, shodwith iron, acted as the share (vomer);the upright stock, formed by anatural branch growing out in anopposite direction, the handle (stiva),by which the ploughman guided hismachine ; and the straight end, pro-ceeding horizontally from the curve,a pole (temo), to which the oxen wereattached. Compare also Aratrum,2., where the same part is shownupon a Greek plough of improvedconstruction at the letters A A. BUSTUAEIUS. A gladiatorwho engaged in mortal
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