Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Acersecomes

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ACERSEC'OMES (ἀκερσεκόμης). Literally, with long and flowing hair, and thence, by implication a young or effeminate person (Juv. Sat. viii. 128.); for the habit of wearing the hair unshorn was regarded as unmanly by the civilized Romans, among whom it was only adopted for young slaves who waited at table, an instance of which is given in PINCERNA; or for the boys (Camilli) who acted as attendants upon the priesthood at the altar, as in the illustration (Acersecomes/1.1) annexed, which is copied from the Vatican Virgil, and represents one of these attendants.

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  Acersecomes/1.1