Greek and Roman Antiquities

• Iatralipta or IATRALIPTES (Ἰατραλειπτής), a sort of specialist physician, who in the treatment of dis
• Iatrosophista a medical title under the Roman Empire signifying, according to Du Cange (Glossar. Med. et
• Igniaria fire-sticks. This contrivance of two specially adapted pieces of wood was one method known
• Illustres When Diocletian and after him Constantine the Great re-organised the Roman administration,
• Imago Imago was the ordinary Latin word used to signify the copy or likeness of anything (Imago
• Immunitas Immunitas means an exemption from burdens imposed by the state; munus, according to the de
• Imperium and IMPERATOR. Imperium is the name of the power attaching to the higher magistrate of the
• Impubes In the Roman law there were several distinctions of age which were made with reference to
• Inauguratio was in general the ceremony through which the augurs obtained, or endeavoured to obtain, t
• Inauris an ear-ring; called in Greek ἐνώτιον, because it was worn in the ear (οὖς), and ἐλλόβιον,
• Incendium the crime of setting any object on fire, by which the property of a man is endangered. It
• Incestum Incestus, derived from in and castes, is applied as an adjective to any act that may be re
• Incitega a corruption of the Greel ἀγγοθήκη or ἐγγυθήκη, a term used to denote a piece of domestic
• Incunabula or CUNABULA (σπάργανα), swaddling-clothes. The first thing done after the birth of a child
• Incus an anvil. The representation of Vulcan and the Cyclopes on various works of art show that
• Infamia The infamia at Rome was a moral censure pronounced by a competent authority in the state o
• Infula a flock of white and red wool, which was slightly twisted, drawn into the form of a wreath
• Ingenuus Ingenuus, like most Roman terms signifying a personal status, has had a history of its own
• Injuria Injuria, in the general sense, signifies a violation of law, what is not jus (Injuriam aut
• Inoa festivals celebrated in several parts of Greece, in honour of the ancient heroine Ino. At
• Insigne a badge, an ensign, a mark of distinction. Thus the BULLA worn by a Roman boy was one of t
• Insilia from insilire, a part of the loom (only in Lucret. 5.1353). They were supposed to be the t
• Instita . 1. A flounce; a fillet. The Roman matrons sometimes wore a broad fillet with ample folds
• Institoria actio actio According to the Jus Civile, a person could not be sued on a contract which his agen
• Institutiones A student beginning the study of law was instituted in the subject (institui); i.e. he wen
• Intercessio LEGAL. It is intercessio when a person takes upon himself the debt of another. To become i
• Intercessio CONSTITUTIONAL. Intercessio is used to denote the right of veto possessed by Roman magistr
• Interdictum In certain controversies, chiefly when possession or quasi-possession (possession of a ser
• Interpres an interpreter. This class of persons became very numerous and necessary to the Romans as
• Interrex . The fundamental principle of the Roman constitution was that the people, though sovereig
• Intestabilis In the Twelve Tables it was declared qui se sierit testarier, libripensve fuerit, ni testi
• Intestinum opus opus joiner's work, is referred to in some passages of Vitruvius as used in the interior o
• Irpex HIRPEX, or URPEX (perhaps from ἅρπαξ), a harrow with iron teeth, used to clear the fields
• Isthmia One of the four great Hellenic festivals. It was celebrated at the Isthmus of Corinth; and
• Ithomaea an annual festival celebrated at Ithome, in honour of Zeus Ithomatas, with which in early