Volume 1
Universal technological dictionary, or, Familiar explanations of the terms used in all arts and sciences containing definitions drawn from the original writers, and illustrated by plates, epigrams, cuts, &c. / by George Crabb.
- Date:
- 1823
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![TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. A. A) the first letter of the alphabet, is used either as a word, an abbreviation, or a sign. A (Bibl.) for «, alpha, is used in the Revelations of St. John, for the beginning or first; and a, omega, for the end or last. A [Ant.) as a preposition, was employed to signify an office or situation; as, A libellis, he who received all the petitions addressed to the prince : Epaphroditum a libellis, capitali poena condem- navit. Suet. Domit. c. 14. Also on an inscription by Gruterus. D. M. QUADRATO. SCRINIANO. A. LI- BELLIS. CLAUDIA. TRYPHERA. FECIT. Divino Monitu Quadrato Scriniano a libellis Claudia Tryphera fecit. A manu, i. e. servus a manu; a scribe or amanuensis. Thallo a manu, crura effregit. Suet. Aug. c. 67. Also on an in- scription. QUINTAE. GAM. MARTIAL. N. L. F. AN. VL ATTICUS. A. MANU. SPONSUS. LOG. D. EX. D. D. QuintiS Gamice Martice Numerii LuciiJilicB anno VI Atticus a manu sponsus Locus datus ex decreto Decurionis. A memorid, he who dictated the answers of the emperor to petitions, &c. as Festus did for Antoninus, according to Herodian: O tS? i\ /ioia-iMi^ i«-n)//-'>)5 trposfais, qui erat im- peratori a memoria. Herod. 1. 4, c. 14. A pedibus, a running footman, who attended his master wherever he went: Pollucem servum a pedibus mecum Romam misi. Cic. ad Atticum, lib. 8, ep. 5. A rationibus, he who acted as house steward, by keeping the private accounts, &c. Ante omnes Pallantem a rationibus suspexit. Suet. Claud, c. 28. A studiis, he who managed the literary pursuits of his master: Super hos Polybium a studiis suspexit. Suet. Claud, c. 28. Also on an inscription. TI. CLAUDIUS. LEM- NUS. DIVI. CLAUDIL AUGUSTI. LIB. A. STUDIIS. Titus Claudius Leninus divi Claudii Augusti libertus a studiis. A voluptatibus, he who catered for the pleasures of the prince: an office first appointed by Tiberius, according to Suetonius. [For similar examples, vide Mart. Smet. hiscription.; Gruter. Inscription. Vet.; Goltz. Thesaur.; Spon. Miscell. Antiq.l A, as an abbreviation [vide Abbreviation'} was employed by the Romans on different occasions. 1. By the judges, who, in passing sentence, threw tablets into a box or urn con- taining the letter A, for absolvo,,! acquit, if they aquitted the accused: hence this letter is called by Cicero, litera salutaris, a salutary or saving letter: but if they condemned the person, they employed the letter C, for condemno, I condemn, hence styled ^litera tristis, the sad letter : and in dubious cases they used the letters N.L. non liquet, it does not appear plain. 2. By the people in repealing of laws, when they used the letter A, for antiquo, I reject. 3. On inscriptions, coins, &c. ; if Greek, A stood for Argos, Athens, &c.; if Roman, for Augustus, Aulas, At- ticus, &c.: when double it signified Augusti: when treble, A. A. A. auro, argento, cere; as A.A.A.F.F. auro, argento, cere,Jlando,feriuHdo. 4. In marking the day, A stood for ante, as K.D. ante diem kalendarum, before the calends. Val. Prob. Pet. Diacon. el alii Grammat. Veler.; Goltz. Fasti., Grcec, et Thesaurus; Smet. Inscript. Vet.; Vail- lant. Numismat. Grcec, Numismat. Imperat. Roman. Ro- man. Tamil., et Seleucidarum, Sfc; Grut. Thesaur. Inscript. Antiq.; Spanheim. Dissert.; Patin. Imperat. Roman, et Roman. Tamil,; Morel. Thesaur.; Gesner. Numis. ^c._ A (Numis.) as a sign, stands on Greek coins and inscriptions for Trpar'/i, TifZrm, ^rfaruv, denoting propriety and dignity. Vaill. Numism. Grcec. A {Archceol.) as a sign, was sometimes used for the number of 500; and with a superscription, thus, A, for 5000. A {Lit.) stands as an abbreviation for artium, in marking University degrees; as, A.M. artium magister, master of arts ; A.B. artium baccalaureus, bachelor of arts. A {Chron.) as an abbreviation, stands commonly for ajino or ante; as, A.C. ante Christum, before Christ; A.D. anno Domini, the year of our Lord; A.M.. anno mundi, the year of the world, [vide Abbreviation'] As a sign, it is used in the Gregorian and Julian calendars for the first of the dominical letters, [vide Chronology'] A (Astron.) as an abbreviation, stands for ante, to mark the time of day; as, A.M. ante meridiem, before noon or mid- day, in distinction from P.M. post meridiem, afternoon. A {Com.) is employed by merchants as an abbreviation for accepte, accepted, on bills of exchange; as, A.S.P. ac- cepts sous protest. As a sign in a merchant's accounts, A denoting the first set of books, B the second, &c. A {Mus.) as a preposition, French and Italian, is used in music books. L To denote the number of voices, answer- ing to the English Jbr before any figure ; as a 2, for 2 voices; d 4, for 4 voices, &c. 2. To denote the style of composition and performance; as, <J ballata, after the manner of a ballad; a la Grec, in the Greek style; a cembalo, for the harp, &c. A, as a sign, is used in music books by itself, for the sixth note in the gamut, answering to the monosyllable la, con- trived by Guido Aretino. A above G gamut signifies the note one tone higher than G gamut. A above the bass cliff, the note a third higher than the bass clift'. A above the treble cliff, the next note higher than the treble cliffi B](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2199304x_0001_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
