. 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. th a chro-nological table, enumerating import-ant events in the history of thestate, such as the anniversary of agreat battle, the dedication of a tem-ple, &c. &c, as is collected from avariety of original fragments stillpreserved. 2. Fasti annates, or kistorici. Re-gisters containing the names of con-suls an
. 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. th a chro-nological table, enumerating import-ant events in the history of thestate, such as the anniversary of agreat battle, the dedication of a tem-ple, &c. &c, as is collected from avariety of original fragments stillpreserved. 2. Fasti annates, or kistorici. Re-gisters containing the names of con-suls and other magistrates, with thedates of their entrance upon, and re-tirement from office, inscribed uponslabs of marble or bronze, and pre-served in the public archives. Along list of the Fasti consulares, sup-posed to have been engraved duringthe reign of Tiberius, is still displayedin the Capitol at Rome. FASTIGIUM. Strictly the topor crowning part of a pediment,formed by the two converging sidesof the roof; whence it came to beused, in a more general sense, for theentire pediment or fronton of a re-ligious edifice, including the wholetriangular figure, consisting of thecornice of the entablature which forms its base, the two convergingcornices at the sides, and the tympa-. num or flat surface, a, within iii. 5. 12. and 13. Cic. 46. Liv. xl. 2. 2. When applied to private houses,it designates a roof rising to a pointat the top, in contradistinction to aflat one (Cic. Q. Fr. iii. I. 4.); orimplies that the front of the housewas covered by a portico and pedi-ment like the pronaos of a temple ;an honour not allowed to individuals,but decreed by the Romans to theirImperial rulers, as a token of divinity.(Cic. Phil ii. 43. Florus, iv. 2.) FAT UI and FATUiE. Idiotsof both sexes, who were purchasedas slaves, and kept in great Romanfamilies for the purpose of excitingmerriment by their stupidity. 50. FAUX. From its original mean-ing, the gullet or entran
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