Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Bajulus
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
BAJ'ULUS (νωτοφόρος, φορτηγός). A porter, or any person who carries burdens on his back, as shown in the illustration (Bajulus/1.1) from a painting in a sepulchral chamber at Rome. Plaut. Poen. v. 6. 17. Cic. Par. iii. 2.
2. In the Roman househould, a slave who performed the same duties as the porter of a modern establishment, such as carrying parcels, letters, &c. Hieron. Ep. 6. ad Julian. n. 1.
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Bajulus/1.1