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Title: The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Rich, Anthony, 1803 or 1804-1891
Subjects: Classical dictionaries
Publisher: London, Longmans
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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30b FUNDA FUNDULA. representing a Roman soldier in thearmy of Trajan, from the columnerected in honour of that emperor.Plin. H. N. vii. 37. Virg. Georg.i. 309. Serv. ad I. Id. JEn. ix. 586. FUNDITORES. 2. (a^(piQ\y)(TTpov). A casting-net;employed, like our own, for takingfish in rivers(Virg. Georg. i.141. Servius ad I.Isidor. Orig. xix.5. 2.) ; but appa-rently cast frombehind, and overthe right shoulder(instead of beingdischarged fromthe left shoulder,and in front, of theperson throwing it, as is now the prac-tice); that is, if the annexed figure,from a mosaic in the Thermae ofTitus, affords a faithful representationof the manner in which it wasthrown. The expression of Virgil,however, verberat amnem, gives anexact description of the manner inwhich the casting-net falls upon thewaters. 3. A bag or pack slung over theshoulders, for the convenience ofcarrying money, or any other smallarticles (Macrob. Sat ii. 4.); pro-

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