A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon Harper & brothers, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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... sides of the abacus were curved inward , and a rose or some other decoration was frequently placed in the middle of each side ; but the name Abacus was given to the stone thus diversified and enriched , as well as in its original form ...
... sides of the abacus were curved inward , and a rose or some other decoration was frequently placed in the middle of each side ; but the name Abacus was given to the stone thus diversified and enriched , as well as in its original form ...
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... side of the body , took of the nature of the Carnelian , Sardachates ; and whereas the Greeks and Romans usually had their those which had the resemblance of trees and shrubs swords suspended on the left side . Hence Valerius on them ...
... side of the body , took of the nature of the Carnelian , Sardachates ; and whereas the Greeks and Romans usually had their those which had the resemblance of trees and shrubs swords suspended on the left side . Hence Valerius on them ...
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... side if he had not been adopted ; but he retained all rights which he might have on his mother's side , for the act of adop- tion had no effect so far as concerned the mother of If the adoption was by testament , registration was also ...
... side if he had not been adopted ; but he retained all rights which he might have on his mother's side , for the act of adop- tion had no effect so far as concerned the mother of If the adoption was by testament , registration was also ...
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... side of the neck ( whence the name , from auoi , on both sides , and dépo , to carry , ) and terminating at the bottom in a point , which was let into a stand or stuck in the ground , so that the vessel stood upright : several amphoræ ...
... side of the neck ( whence the name , from auoi , on both sides , and dépo , to carry , ) and terminating at the bottom in a point , which was let into a stand or stuck in the ground , so that the vessel stood upright : several amphoræ ...
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... side walls of a building , being placed on each side of the door , so as to assist in forming the por- tico . These terms are seldom found except in the plural , because the purpose served by antæ required that , in general , two should ...
... side walls of a building , being placed on each side of the door , so as to assist in forming the por- tico . These terms are seldom found except in the plural , because the purpose served by antæ required that , in general , two should ...
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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.