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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Alticinctus

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

ALTICINCTUS (ὑψίζωνος). Having the tunic drawn high up through the girdle, and above the knees in order to allow free action to the limbs, as was usual with rustics, labourers, or persons engaged in hard work or active exercise. (Phaedr. ii. 5. 11.) The example (Alticinctus/1.1) is copied from the Vatican Virgil.

  • Alticinctus/1.1
    Alticinctus/1.1

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