Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Tus

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. 

TUS or THUS (λιβανωτός). Frankincense; an odoriferous gum from a tree of Arabian growth, much employed by the ancients at the sacrifice, in the service of the temples, and other ceremonials. It was carried to the altar by a minister (camillus), in a small case (acerra), from which a few grains were taken out, and sprinkled over the burning altar (ara turicrema); or it was made up into pastiles, which were carried in a deep dish (catinus), and thence dropped upon a lighted brazier (focus turicremus), both of which customs are exemplified by the annexed illustration (Tus/1.1), from an ancient fresco painting; or, finally, it was kindled in a censer (turibulum), which was carried in the hand, and swung backwards and forwards to give out and diffuse its vapour, in the manner now practised at the ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church. Hor. Od. iii. 8. 2. Pers. v. 120. Ov. Met. vii. 589. Id. Pont. ii. 1. 32.

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