Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Sculponeae

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. 

SCULPO'NEAE (κρούπεζαι). A common kind of shoe or sandal, with a thick wooden sole, worn by slaves in the agricultural districts (Cato, R. R. 135. 1. Id. 59. Plaut. Cas. ii. 8. 59.); possibly represented by the annexed wood-cut (Sculponeae/1.1) from a small bronze figure of an agricultural serf. Pignor. de Serv. p. 526.

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