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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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CATOMID'IO (κατωμίζω). To "hoist" one upon the shoulders of another, for the purpose of inflicting a flogging; a mode of punishment which, amongst the Romans, was applied to grown-up persons, as well as boys. (Pet. Sat. 132. 2. compare Apul. Met. ix. p. 196. Spart. Hadr. 18.) The illustration (Catomidio/1.1) represents the whole process as taking place in a school-room at Herculaneum, from a painting discovered in that city.

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    Catomidio/1.1

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