A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesHarper & Brothers, 1872 - 1116 pages |
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Page 9
... applied , when used at all , to the tiles or squares of a tesselated pavement . ( Vid . ABACUS , II . ) AB'ACUS ( übaş ) denoted generally and prima- rily a square tablet of any material . Hence we find it applied in the following ...
... applied , when used at all , to the tiles or squares of a tesselated pavement . ( Vid . ABACUS , II . ) AB'ACUS ( übaş ) denoted generally and prima- rily a square tablet of any material . Hence we find it applied in the following ...
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... applied to the extremi- ties of a statue , wings , feet , hands , & c.3 2 ng wine , a wine - cup . The name is derived from [ on the summit of a pediment . According to some KCUTOV , " unmixed wine , " and dépw , " to bear . " writers ...
... applied to the extremi- ties of a statue , wings , feet , hands , & c.3 2 ng wine , a wine - cup . The name is derived from [ on the summit of a pediment . According to some KCUTOV , " unmixed wine , " and dépw , " to bear . " writers ...
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... applied to a slave who had to perform the lowest menial duties . * AGASSEUS ( άyασσɛúc ) , a species of dog de- scribed by Oppian . It may be conjectured to have teen cither the Harrier or the Beagle . Pennant is in favour of the latter ...
... applied to a slave who had to perform the lowest menial duties . * AGASSEUS ( άyασσɛúc ) , a species of dog de- scribed by Oppian . It may be conjectured to have teen cither the Harrier or the Beagle . Pennant is in favour of the latter ...
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... applied to the possession of private land . Various applica- tions of the word possessio , with reference to pri- vate land , appear in the Roman law , in the bonorum possessio of the prætorian heres and others . But all the uses of the ...
... applied to the possession of private land . Various applica- tions of the word possessio , with reference to pri- vate land , appear in the Roman law , in the bonorum possessio of the prætorian heres and others . But all the uses of the ...
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... applied to two precious asserted by Servius11 and Vopiscus ( amburbium cele - stones of essentially different natures : 1. the Ori bratum , ambarvalia promissa ) . AMMI . graria.1 AMPHICTYONS . * AMMODYTES ( auμodóτns ). AMENTUM . shild ...
... applied to two precious asserted by Servius11 and Vopiscus ( amburbium cele - stones of essentially different natures : 1. the Ori bratum , ambarvalia promissa ) . AMMI . graria.1 AMPHICTYONS . * AMMODYTES ( auμodóτns ). AMENTUM . shild ...
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