. 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. vase. 2. A switch or cane for punishinghoys at school (Juv. vii. 210.), or forcarrying in the hand as a walking-cane (Ov. Fast. ii. 706.) ; hut. smaller, lighter, and shorter than theregular walking-stick or staff (bacu-lum), as exemplified hy the annexedexample, from a Pompeian paintingrepresenting Ulysses.
. 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. vase. 2. A switch or cane for punishinghoys at school (Juv. vii. 210.), or forcarrying in the hand as a walking-cane (Ov. Fast. ii. 706.) ; hut. smaller, lighter, and shorter than theregular walking-stick or staff (bacu-lum), as exemplified hy the annexedexample, from a Pompeian paintingrepresenting Ulysses. 3. A stick which the lictor carriedin his right hand for the purpose of
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