 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1851 - 298 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 recumbere; therefore, to be de complexu 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... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1853 - 630 pagine
...out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the fii'ot («hind the back of the second, and hia 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 - 1859 - 340 pagine
...effeminate and profligate boys, these gamesters, adulterers, and debauchees, frequently supped with Canline, and were often in his company. At their meals, the...him, he was obliged to lean upon his bosom, in sinu recumbere; therefore, to be de complexu ejus ac sinu was to be one of his most intimate friends. —... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Anthon - 1862 - 700 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... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1868 - 296 pagine
...cushions, and the limbs either slightly bent or stretched out at full length. The feet of the first came behind the back of the second, and his feet behind the back of the third. A cushion was placed between each guest. The aena or dinner of the Romans consisted of two divisions,... | |
 | Amos Dean - 1869 - 524 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.1 The head of the second was opposite to the breast of the first, so that if he wanted to speak... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1869 - 296 pagine
...cushions, and the limbs either slightly bent or stretched out at full length. The feet of the first came behind the back of the second, and his feet behind the back of the third. A cushion was placed between each guest. The ccena or dinner of the Romans consisted of two divisions,... | |
 | Mrs. Campbell Overend - 1872 - 354 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...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 upon his bosom : thus John xiii. 28.... | |
 | Virgil - 1872 - 976 pagine
...by cushions, and •he limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the Srst behind the back of the second, and his feet behind the back of tie third, with a pillow between each. When they ate, they raised Hiemselves on their elbow, and made... | |
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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... 
