Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aplustre

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

APLUS'TRE and APLUS'TRUM (ἄφλαστον). An ornament made of wooden planks, somewhat resembling the feathers of a bird's wing, which was commonly placed on the stern of a ship. (Lucan. iii. 586. Lucret. iv. 439.) The illustration (Aplustre/1.1) represents an aplustre in detail from an ancient bas-relief, of which there is a cast in the British Museum; the situation which it occupied upon the vessel is shown in the preceding wood-cut.

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  Aplustre/1.1