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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cervical

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

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CERVI'CAL (προσκεφάλαιον, ὑπαυχένιον). A bolster, cushion, or squab for supporting the back of the head and neck on a bed or dining couch. (Suet. Nero, 6. Mart. xiv. 146.) The illustration (Cervical/1.1) is from a painting at Pompeii.

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