A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon Harper & brothers, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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... probably designed , like our WO word " plate , " to include similar articles made of gold and other precious substances.2 It is evident that the same method might be em- ployed in adding , subtracting , or multiplying weights and ...
... probably designed , like our WO word " plate , " to include similar articles made of gold and other precious substances.2 It is evident that the same method might be em- ployed in adding , subtracting , or multiplying weights and ...
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... probably only a varied form of pallium ( pupos ) , with which this word is nearly , if not altogether , identical in signification . The form and manner of wearing the abolla may be seen in the figures annexed , which are taken from the ...
... probably only a varied form of pallium ( pupos ) , with which this word is nearly , if not altogether , identical in signification . The form and manner of wearing the abolla may be seen in the figures annexed , which are taken from the ...
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... probably owing to ( corrupit ) anything in the album , he was liable to this occurrence that the Elk was believed by the an action albi corrupti , and to a heavy penalty . " ancients to have frequent attacks of epilepsy , and to be ...
... probably owing to ( corrupit ) anything in the album , he was liable to this occurrence that the Elk was believed by the an action albi corrupti , and to a heavy penalty . " ancients to have frequent attacks of epilepsy , and to be ...
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... probably a duck , as Gesner suggests . It may therefore be referred to the Anas Penelops , L. , or Widgeon . ( In modern works on Natural History it is incorrectly written Penelope . ) 4. The Bpévoor of Aristotle and Elian , and Bpiveos ...
... probably a duck , as Gesner suggests . It may therefore be referred to the Anas Penelops , L. , or Widgeon . ( In modern works on Natural History it is incorrectly written Penelope . ) 4. The Bpévoor of Aristotle and Elian , and Bpiveos ...
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... ( probably allied etymologically to AMPYX ) ( urv ) , the rim or border of anything , especially of a shield or chariot . The rim of the large round shield of the ancient Greeks was thinner than the part which it enclosed . Thus the ...
... ( probably allied etymologically to AMPYX ) ( urv ) , the rim or border of anything , especially of a shield or chariot . The rim of the large round shield of the ancient Greeks was thinner than the part which it enclosed . Thus the ...
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Page 208 - And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Page 50 - They bound themselves by an oath that ' they would destroy no city of the Amphictyons, nor cut off their streams in war or peace ; and if any should do so, they would march against him and destroy his cities; and should any pillage the property of the god, or be privy to, or plan anything against what was in his temple at Delphi, they would take vengeance on him with hand, and foot, and voice, and all their might
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Page 126 - The chief duties of augurs were to observe and report supernatural signs. They were also the repositories of the ceremonial law, and had to advise on the expiation of prodigies and other matters of religious observance. The sources of their art were threefold: first, the formulas and traditions of the college, which in ancient times met on the nones of every month ; secondly, the...
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Page 164 - Ep. 75) alludes to a person who married in order to comply with the law. That which was caducum came, in the first place, to those among the heredes who had children ; and if the heredes had no children, it came among those of the legatees who had children. The law gave the jus accrescendi, that is, the right to the caducum as far as the third degree of consanguinity, both ascending and descending (Ulp. Frag.