Chapter 29

19

.

spondeō

, technical word in contract,

71

.

spōnsa

, of a girl betrothed,

71

.

spōnsālia

, ceremony of betrothal,

70

.

SPORT

, Roman idea of,

316

.

SPORTS

of the campus,

317

;

of children,

102

,

103

.

sportula

, the clients' dole,

182

.

STAGE

, early,

325

;

later,

326

f.;

of Vitruvius,

327*

.

STAGING

a play,

324

.

statūmen

in roads,

387

.

STEPPING-STONES

in streets,

233*

.

stilus

, for writing,

391

.

stola

,

259

,

260*

;

mātrōnālis

,

91

.

STOOLS

,

225*

.

STOVE

, for cooking,

203*

;

for heating,

218*

.

STREET

, appearance,

233*

;

construction,

387

;

closed to vehicles,

382

;

of tombs at Pompeii,

421*

.

strigilēs

, flesh scrapers,

367*

,

370

.

strophium

, girdle,

258

.

STUCCO

, as finish for exterior wall,

212

.

STYLE

of living,

299

;

of bathing,

367

.

Styx, passage of,

433

.

suāsōria

, debates in schools,

115

.

sub hastā vēnīre

, auction sale,

134

.

SUBJECTS

taught in schools,

Chap. IV

.

subligāculum

, loin cloth,

235

,

257

.

subūcula

, under-tunic,

237

.

sūdāria

, handkerchiefs,

266

.

Suetonius (about 75-160),

390

.

SUICIDE

of captives and slaves,

140*

,

161

.

suī iūris

, independent,

17

.

Sulla

and

Sura

, derivation,

55

.

SUPPLY

of gladiators,

347

;

of slaves,

134

;

of horses for racing,

339

.

Sura

, derivation,

55

.

susceptiō

, acknowledgment of children,

95

.

SUSPENSION

of

potestās

,

34

.

suspēnsūra

, elevated floor of bath room,

368*

.

SWEAT

bath, dry,

367

;

moist,

369

.

synthesis

, dinner dress,

249

.

T

tabellae

, for writing,

110*

,

391*

.

tabellāriī

, letter carriers,

389

.

TABLE

knives and forks unknown,

299

.

TABLES

, cost, kinds, materials,

227*

.

tablīnum

, in early house,

190

;

in later house,

201

;

meaning of word,

201

.

Tacitus (about 55-117) on the toga,

133

.

Talassiō

, marriage cry,

87

.

tālī

, knuckle-bones,

320*

.

TEACHERS

,

121

.

tēcta

, roofs,

214

.

tēgulae

, tiles,

214*

.

tepidārium

, purpose,

366

;

other uses,

367

;

position,

368

;

unusual size,

371*

;

several in one bath,

376*

;

in the large

thermae

,

377

;

with cold bath,

370

.

tessera gladiātōria

,

363*

;

hospitālis

,

185

.

THEATER

, early,

325

;

later,

326

;

of Vitruvius,

327*

;

at Pompeii,

327*

;

at Orange,

327*

;

of Pompeius,

326

.

thermae

, meaning,

372

;

plan of small,

376*

;

of large,

378*

.

THIRD FINGER

for engagement ring,

71

.

"

Thracians

," gladiators,

360*

,

361

.

"

THUMBS

down," signal for death,

362

.

Tiberius (Emperor, 14-37

A.D.

),

274

.

tībiālia

, wrappings for the legs,

239

.

TILES

, for roofs, etc.,

214*

.

tīrōcinium forī

,

117

;

mīlitiae

,

118

.

tīrōnēs


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