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LITUUS , the See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

trumpet of the See also:

Romans, said by Macro-bins (See also:

Saturn. See also:

LIB

lib. vi.) to have resembled the crooked See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by the See also:

AUGURS

Augurs. The lituus consisted of a cylindrical See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube 4 or 5 ft. See also:

long, having a narrow See also:

BORE

bore, and terminating in a conical See also:

bell See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint turned up in such a manner as to give the See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument the outline of the See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter " J." Unlike the See also:

BUCCINA (more correctly Buclna, Gr. l3VKavr7, connected with bucca, cheek, and Gr. /% CL)

buccina, See also:

CORNU, MARIE

cornu and See also:

TUBA

tuba, the other military service See also:

INSTRUMENTS

instruments of the Romans, the lituus has not been traced during the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages, the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval instrument most nearly resembling it being the See also:

CROMORNE

cromorne or tournebout, which, however, had lateral holes and was played by means of a See also:

reed See also:

MOUTHPIECE (Fr. embouchure; Ger. Mundstuck; Ital. bocchino)

mouthpiece. A lituus found in a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

WARRIOR

warrior's See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb at Cervetri (See also:

ETRURIA

Etruria) in 1827 is preserved in the Vatican. See also:

Victor Mahillon gives its length as 1 m. 6o, and its See also:

scale as in unison with that of the trumpet in G (See also:

CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue descriptif, 1896, pp. 29-30). (K.

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