 On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first...  Orations - Pagina 138di Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1859 - 278 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1842 - 594 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Anthon - 1845 - 578 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1845 - 684 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate, they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand. A banqueting-room... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1845 - 584 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1846 - 500 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1846 - 676 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate, they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand. A banqueting-room... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1847 - 580 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1849 - 554 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 300 pagine
...and profligate boys, these gamesters, adulterers, and debauchees, frequently supped with Catiline, and were often in his company. At their meals, the...him, he was obliged to lean upon his bosom, in sinu recumbcre ; therefore, to be de complexa, ejus ac sinu was to be one of his most intimate friends.... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1851 - 486 pagine
...are commonly expressed by the prepositions super or supra and infra. The head of the second or lower was opposite to the breast of the first, so that if he wanted to speak to him, especially if the thing was to be secret, he was obliged to lean, as it were, upon his bosom, in sinu... | |
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