A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryHarper, 1846 - 373 pagine |
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Pagina 5
... continued his instructions . The judices were said dari to our own times by the females of Italy . or addici . So far the proceedings were said to be in jure : the prosecution of the actio be- fore the judex requires a separate ...
... continued his instructions . The judices were said dari to our own times by the females of Italy . or addici . So far the proceedings were said to be in jure : the prosecution of the actio be- fore the judex requires a separate ...
Pagina 10
... continued to be so till the later times of the empire . Besides the public money , the standards of the le- gions were deposited in the aerarium , and also all decrees of the senate were entered there in books kept for the purpose . The ...
... continued to be so till the later times of the empire . Besides the public money , the standards of the le- gions were deposited in the aerarium , and also all decrees of the senate were entered there in books kept for the purpose . The ...
Pagina 12
... continued for a limited time , or till some object was accomplished . Thus we read that the inhabitants of Mytilene appointed Pittacus aesymnetes , in order to prevent the return of Alcaeus and the other exiles . Dionysius compares it ...
... continued for a limited time , or till some object was accomplished . Thus we read that the inhabitants of Mytilene appointed Pittacus aesymnetes , in order to prevent the return of Alcaeus and the other exiles . Dionysius compares it ...
Pagina 13
... continued to be the exclusive privilege of the patricians ; but as a compensation , each individual plebeian received an assignment of a certain quantity of the public land as his own property . Henceforth the possession of the public ...
... continued to be the exclusive privilege of the patricians ; but as a compensation , each individual plebeian received an assignment of a certain quantity of the public land as his own property . Henceforth the possession of the public ...
Pagina 14
... continued to be offered in the time of Xeno- phon . Its origin is thus related : -When the Persians invaded Attica , the Athenians made a vow to sacrifice to Artemis ( Diana ) Agrotera as many goats as there should be enemies slain at ...
... continued to be offered in the time of Xeno- phon . Its origin is thus related : -When the Persians invaded Attica , the Athenians made a vow to sacrifice to Artemis ( Diana ) Agrotera as many goats as there should be enemies slain at ...
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Pagina 372 - Commentaries on the Gallic War, and the First Book of the Greek Paraphrase; with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Plans of Battles, Sieges, &c., and Historical, Geographical, and Archaeological Indexes.
Pagina 371 - Latin Grammar, Part I. Containing the most important Parts of the Grammar of the Latin Language, together with appropriate Exercises in the translating and writing of Latin.
Pagina 373 - JEneid of Virgil. With English Notes, critical and explanatory, a Metrical Clavis, and an Historical, Geographical, and Mythological Index.
Pagina 375 - Classical Dictionary. Containing an Account of the principal Proper Names mentioned in Ancient Authors, and intended to elucidate all the important Points connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts...
Pagina 311 - Kipxic, the comb, the teeth of which were inserted between the threads of the warp, and thus made by a forcible impulse to drive the threads of the woof close together .... Among us the office of the comb is executed with greater ease and effect by the reed, lay, or batten.
Pagina 207 - The poet here alludes to what was technically called a malledm. The term denoted a hammer, the transverse head of which was formed for holding pitch and tow, which, having been set on fire, was projected slowly, so that it might not be extinguished during its flight, upon houses and other buildings, in order to set them on fire, and which was, therefore, commonly used in sieges, naval battles, &c.
Pagina 4 - Hirt. viii, 8) show that other instances had occurred before. A person on passing from one gens into another, and taking the name of his new familia, generally retained the name of his old gens also, with the addition to it of the termination -anus (Cic.
Pagina 371 - Latin Versification. In a Series of Progressive Exercises, including Specimens of Translation from English and German Poetry into Latin Verse. 12mo, Sheep extra, 75 cents. A KEY to the Above is published, which may be obtained by Teachers.
Pagina 38 - Pliny,' as having the twofaced head of Janus on one side, and the prow of a ship on the other (whence the expression used by Roman boys in tossing up, capita out navim').
Pagina 108 - Persia, stamped on one side with the figure of an archer crowned and kneeling upon one knee, and on the other with a sort of quadrata incusa or deep cleft.