Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aphractus

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

APHRAC'TUS or APHRAC'TUM (ἄφρακτον). A ship without a deck, or only partially covered fore and aft, in the manner which we term half-decked. (Cic. Att. v. 13.) The illustration (Aphractus/1.1) is copied from the Vatican Virgil, and shows by the relative height of the men that it has no deck in the centre; by comparing the decked ship (s. v. NAVIS CONSTRATA), the different construction of the two will be readily apparent.

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  Aphractus/1.1