. 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. consequently, may be received alsoas an exemplification of the accoutre-ments and general appearance pre-sented by the military belonging tothe corps in question. PELTATA. In a general sense,any female who bears the small lightshield called pelta; but more espe-cially used to designate a femalewarrior of Amaz
. 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. consequently, may be received alsoas an exemplification of the accoutre-ments and general appearance pre-sented by the military belonging tothe corps in question. PELTATA. In a general sense,any female who bears the small lightshield called pelta; but more espe-cially used to designate a femalewarrior of Amazonian race, to whomit is universally attributed by poetsand artists as the national arm of de-fence. Ov. Her. xxi. 117. Am. 2. Mart. ix. 102. Compare xii. 761., where peltifera isused in the same sense. The illus-tration represents two Amazons,. from a marble bas-relief ; the one onthe left hand, with a lunated pelta ofthe most usual form, the other of acylindrical figure, which is of muchrarer occurrence. PELVIS (ire\is). A basin, in thesame extensive meaning as our own I term ; meaning thereby a large ves-sel of circular form and open circum-: ference (hence patula, Juv. iii. 277.),j intended to hold water for washing; for all general purposes, whetherI persons or things ; thus, as a genericj term, including the special varieties,although they might be designatedby an appropriate name of theirown; as the hand-basin (malluvium,where see the illustration), the foot-basin (pelluvium, where an example isalso given), and various others enume-rated in the Classed Index. s. v. p. 543. Varro, L. 119. Pet Sat 70. 8. 441. PENATES. Household gods,who were believed to be the creatorsand dispensers of all the well-beingaud gifts of fortune enjoyed by afamily, as well as an entire commu-nity, which it was the objec
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