Catalogue of the finger rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman : in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum / by F. H. Marshall.

  • British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Date:
1907
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    I V.—LIST OF THE CHIEF GREEK AND LATIN TERMS FOR FINGER RINGS AND THEIR PARTS.' English. Greek. Latin. Ring. Sa./CTuA.io<?^ (BaKTvXiSiov).^ KLpKO<i or KpUo'i.'^ anulus (anellus). condalium.'* ungulus.® Signet-ring. acfipayl'i*^ {a^paylBiov).’^ symbolum.® Hoop. /cu/cAo?. Bezel. 7tv6Xl<; TTUeXo? J a-(f)€vS6vr].^° p,dvBpa.^^ pala.® funda. Plain ring without gem. BuktvXlo^ aTrelpwv.^^ Ba/cruXco^ Aeto?.'' anulus sine gemma.'® Ring with one or several gems inset. BaKrvXio<; BidXtdo^.^^ anulus polypsephus.'® anulus bigemmis.'® ‘ The list does not aim at being exhaustive. Only the better attested words are given. Authorities are not cited where the terms are in very common use. For other possible terms, cf. Licetus, de anulis antiquis (164S), p. 2. - The KipKoi of the Delos inventories (see B7iN. dc Corr. Hell., VI., p. 122), are not finger rings or hoops. This is shown by the expression SaKrv\ios . . . o-w rep KtpKcp, which denotes something additional, besides the ring. Cf., however, Arist., Fol., VII., 2, 6. “ Pollux, V., too. Cf. Michel, Recueil, 833, 1. 119. * Plaut., Trin., 1015. Perhaps a ring worn on the joint of a finger. » Plin., H.N., XXXIII., § 10. “ Pollux, V., 100, etc. Of course SaKrvKios (and anulus), are sometimes used for signet-rings. ■ Pollux, V., 100. * Aristoph., Fra^., 297 ; Pollux, VII., 179. “ Cic., De o(f., III., 9, 38. .See Plat., ReJ>., 359 E. Sometimes the word simply means a seal, e.g., in Eur., Hipp., S62. n Plin., H.N., XXXVII., § 116. '= Anth. Pal., IX., 747, 1. 4- Inscr. Alt., II., 652, 1. 39. Cf. Pollux, VIE, 179. Michel, Recueil, 833, 1. 47. “ Plin., H.N., XXXIII., § 12. C.I.L., II., 3386. '■ See Bull, de Corr. Hell., VI., p. 122 n. 5. Treb. Poll., Claud., 14.
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