PIA makes 111. The English word AIR marks the grand initial numerals. On coins the numerals are often placed in retrograde order; which makes no difference in the value, as every letter is appropriated to its number. Thus TAг or rAT imply the fame, 333. But this advantage being unknown to the Roman numerals and Arabic cyphers, is apt to puzzle the beginner. ROMAN COINS. A. AULUS: in the exergue it implies the firft mint, as ANT. A. coined at Antioch in the first mint. A. A. A. F. F. Auro, Argento, Ære, Flando, Feriundo. A. or AN. Annus. A. A. Apollo Au.gufti. A. F. A. N. Auli filius, Auli nepos. ABN. Abnepos. ACT. Actiacus, or Actium. AD ERV. EMV. Ad fruges emundas. ADIAB. Adiaben;cus. ADOP. Adoptatus. ADQ. Adquifita. ADV. Adventus. AED. des. AED. P. Edilitia potestate. AED. S. Edes facræ. AFD. CVR. E. dilis Curulis. AED. PL. dilis Plebis. AEL. Elius. AEM. Or AIMIL. Æmilius. ABT. ternitas. AFR. Africa, or Africanus., ALBIN. Albinus. ALIM. ITAL. Alimenta Italiæ. ANN. AVG. Annona Augufti. A. N. F. F. Annum Novum Fauftum Felicem. ANIC. Anicius. ANN. DCCCLXIIII. NAT. VRB. P. CIR. CON. Anno 864 Natali Urbis Populo Circenfes conftituti. ANT. AVG. Antonius Augur. ANT. Antonius, or Antoninus. AP. Appius. A. P. F. Argento Publico Feriundo. A POP. PRVG. AC. A Populo Fruges Acceptæ. AQ. or AQL. Aquilius. AQVA. MAR. Aqua Martia. ARAB. ADQ. Arabia Adquifita. ARR. Arrius. AVG. Augur, Auguftus, Augufta. AVG. D. F. Auguftus Divi Filius. AVGG. Two Augufti. AVGGG. Three Augufti. AVR. or AVREL. Aurelius. B. The mark of the fecond mint in any city. BON. EVENT. Bonus Eventus. B. R. P. NAT. Bono Reipublicæ Nato. BRIT. Britannicus. BRVT. Bratus. CI G. Caius, Colonia. c. A. Cæfarea Augufta. c. CAE. OF CAES. Cæfar. CAESS. Cæfares. CARTH. Carthage. CEN. Cenfor. CENS. P. Cenfor Perpetuus. CEST. Ceftius, or Ceftianus. CIR. CON. Circum Condidit, or Circenfes Conceffit. VIB. ET SIGN. MILIT. A PARTH. RECVP. Civibus et Signis Militaribus a Parthis Recuperatis. CN. Cneius. COEL. Cœlius. CON. OB. Conftantinopoli Obfignata, or Conftantinopoli Officina fecunda, or Conflata Obryźo. COL. Colonia. CON. svo. Confervatori fuo. cONCORD. Concordia. CL. V. Clypeus Votivus. COMM. Commodus. CLOD. Clodius. CL. or CLAVD. Claudius. cos. Conful. Coss. Confules. CORN. Cornelius. CVR. X. F. Curavit Denarium Faciendum... D. Decimus, Divus, Defignatus. DAC. Dacieus. D. F. Dacia felix. D. M. Diis Manibus. or DESIG. Defignatus. DICT. Dictator. DOMIT. Domitianus. D. N. Dominus nofter. DID. Didius. D. P. Dii Penates. DV. Divus. EID. MAR. Idus Martiæ. EX CONS. D. Ex Confenfu Decurionum. EX. S. c. Ex Senatus Confulto. EQ ORDIN. Equeftris Ordinis. Ex. A., Py. Ex Argento, or Auctoritate Publicà. EXER. Exercitus. ETR. Etrufcus. DES. F. Filius, or Filija, or Felix, or Faciendum, or Feeit. FEL. Felix. FELIC. Felicitas. FL. Fla HEL. Helvius. HEL. Heliopolis. HER. Herenniùs, or Herennia. Ho. Honos. HS. Seftertius. 1. Imperator, Jovi, Julius. 1AN. CLV. Janum clufit for clauft, MP. Imperator. IMPP. Imperatores. i. s. M. R. Juno Sofpita, Mater or Magna Regina. T. Italia, Iterum. ITE. Iterum. IVL. Julius or Julia. IvsT. Juftus. A-1, s. Seftertius, 1. 0. M. SACR. Jovi Optimo, Maximo, Sacrum. 11. VIR. Duumvir, 111, VIR. R. P. C. Triumvir Reipublicæ Conftituendæ. ́ ́INI, VIR. `A. P. F. Quatuorvir, or Quatuorviri, ́Aŭro, 'ør1 Argento, or Ære, Publico Feriundo. IVN. Junior. L. Lucius. LAT. Latinus. LEG. PROPR. Legatus Proprætoris. LEG. I. &c. Legio Prima, &c. LEP. Lepidus. LENT. CVR. X. F. Lentulus Curavit Denarium Faciundum. LIBERO P. Libero Patri. LIB. PVB. Libertas Publica. LIC. Licinius. L. S. DEN. Lucius Sicinius Dentatus. LVC. Lucifera. ! LVD. CIR. Ludi Circenfes. LVD. EQ. Ludi Equeftres. LVD. SAEC. F. Ludos Sæculares Fecit.. M. Marcus, or Marius, MAR. CL. Marcellus Clodius. M. F. Marci Filius. M. OTACIL. Marcia Otacilia. MAG. or MAGN. Magnus. MAC. Macellum. MAX. Maximus. MAR. Martia (aqua). MAR. VLT, Märti Ultori. MES. Meffius. METAL. Metallum. MINAT. Minatius. MINER. Minerva. M. M. r. v. Municipes Municipii Julii Uticenfis. MON, or MONET. Moneta. N. Nepos or Nofter. N. c. Nobiliffimus Cæfar. NAT. VRB. Natalis Urbis. NEP. Nepos. NEP. RED. Neptuno Reduci. 0. Optimo. Oв. c. s. Ob Cives Servatos. OF. Officina, OPEL. Opelius. OR B. TER. Orbis Terrarum. P. or POT. Poteftate. PAC. ORB. TER. Pacatori Orbis Terrarum. PAPI. Papius or Papirius. PARTH. Parthicus. PERP. Perpetuus. PERT. or PERTIN. Pertinax. PESC. Pefcennius. P. F. Pius Felix. PLAET. Platonius. P. L. N. Pecunia Londini Notata. P. LON. S. Pecunia. Loudini Signata. P. M. or PONT. MAX. Pontifex Maximus. POMP. Pompeius. P. P. Pater Patriæ. PR. Prætor. P. R. Populus Romanus. PRAEF CLAS. ET OR. MARIT. Præfectus Claffis et Ora Maritimæ. PRINC IVVENT. Princeps ! Juventutis. PRIV. Privernum, PROC. Proconful. PRON. Pronepos. FOP. Proprætor. PROQ. Proquæftor. PROV. DEOR. Providentia Deorum. PVPIEN. Pupienus. Quintus, or Quæftor. Q. C. M. P. I. Quintus Cæcilius Metellus Pius Imperator. Q. DESIG. Quæftor Defignatus. Q. P. Quæftor Prætorius. 2. PR. Quæftor Provincialis. R. Roma, Reftituit. RECEP. Receptis, or Receptus. REST. Reftituit. ROM. ET AVG. Romæ et Augufto. R. P. Refpublica. SAEC. SAEC. AVR. Sæculum Aureum. SAEC. FEL. Sæculi Felicitas. SAL. Salus. SAL. Salluftia. SARM. Sarmaticus. s. c. Senatus. Confulto. SCIP ASIA. Scipio Afiaticus. SEC. OR B. Securitas Orbis. SEC. PERP. Securitas Perpetua.'SEC. TE. Securitas Temporum. SEN. Senior. SEPT. Septimius. SER. Sérvius. - SEV. Severus. SEX. Sextus. SIC. v. SIC. x. Sicut Quinquennalia, fic Decennalia. SIG. Signis. S. Mi Sigoata Moneta. S. P. Q. R. Senatus Populufque Romanus. STABIL. Stabilita (terra). SVL. Sulla. T. Titus, Tribunus. TER. Terentius, or Tertium. TEMP. Temporum. Ti Tiberius. TR. or TREV. Treveris. TREB. Trebonianus. TR. MIL. Tribunus Militaris.TR. P. or TRIB. POT. Tribunicia Poteftate. v. Quintum. v. c. Vir Clariffimus. VESP. Vespafianus. VIB. Vibius. VICT. Victoria. VII. VIR. EPVL. Septemvir Epulonum... VIL. PVB. Villa Publica. VIRT. Virtus. VN. MR. Venerandæ Memoriæ. VOT. X. MVLT. XX. Votis Decennalibus Multiplicatis Vicennalibus. x. Decem, Denarius. XV. VIR. SACR. FAC. Quindecim Vir Sacris Faciundis..... Abbreviations on the Exergue; from Banduri and Monaldini. Pinkerton. A. Officina Prima. ALE. Alexandria. AMB. An tiochenfis Moneta Secundæ Officinæ. AN. ANT. ANTI. Antioceia. ANB. Antiochiæ Secunda Officina; to ANH. Antiochiæ Octava Officina. A. P. L. (In officina) Prima percussa Lugduni, An. Aql. Aquileia. AQ. O. B. F. Aquileia Of ficina Secundæ Fabrica. AQ. P. S. Aquiléiæ Pecunia Signata. Ans. Aquileia Signata. A. AR. ARL. Arelate. A. SISC. Prima (in officina) Sifciæ! . c. Conftantinopoli Nona. coMOB. Conflata PARL. Percuffa or Pecunia Arelate. PLON. Pe. cunía Londinenfis. PLVG. Pecunia Lugdunenfis. P. R. Pecunia Romana, or Percutfa Romæ, P. T. Pecunia Treverenfis. 2. A. Quinta Arelatenfis (officina).. R. RO. ROM. Romæ. RA. Ravenna. ROPS. Ro mæ Pecunia Signata. S. AR. Arelate Signata. S. CONST. Signata Conftantinopoli. SIS. Sifciæ. .SS. P. Sif SMA. cienfis Pecunia. SISC. v. Sifcia Urbs. Signata Moneta Antiochiæ. S. M. HER. Signata Moneta Heracleæ. s. M. N. Signata Moneta Nicomedia. s. M. R. Signata Moneta Roma. S. T. Signata Treveris. TESOB. Theffalonica Officina Secunda, THEOPO Theopoli. TR. Treveris Officina Secunda. TABLE VII. A Lift of ROMAN COLONIES whose COINS remain. Abdera in Spain. Acci in Spain. Achulla in Africa. Elia Capitolina in Judæa. Agrippina in Germany. Antiochia in Pifidia. in Syria. Apamea in Bithynia. Arna in Theffaly. Aftigi in Spain. Babba in Mauritania Tingitana. Berytus in Phonicia. Bilbilis in Spain. Boftra in Arabia. Bracara Augufta in Spain. Buthrotum in Epirus. Cabellio in Gaul. Cæfar-Augusta in Spain. Cæfarea in Palestine. Calagurris in Spain. Calpe in Spain. Camelodunum in Britain. Carrhæ in Mefopotamia. Carteia in Spain. Carthago in Africa. Carthago Nova in Spain. Cafcantum in Spain. Caffandria in Macedon. Celfa in Spain. Clunia in Spain." Coillu in Numidia. Comana in Cappadocia. Corinthus in Greece. Cremna in Pifidia. Culla in Thrace. Damafcus in Colofyria. Dertofa in Spain." Deul. ton in Thrace. Dium in Macedon. Ebora in Spain. Edessa in Mesopotamia Emerita in Spain. Emefa in Phoenicia. Ergavica in Spain. Hadrumetum in Africa. Heliopolis in Colofyria. Germe in Galatia. Graccuris in Spain. Iconium in Lycaonia. Ilerda in Spain. IllergaHippo Regius in Africa. vonia in Spain. Illeci in Spain. Iol in Mauritania. Italica in Spain." Laclia in Spain. Laodicea in Syria. Leptis in Africa. Lugdunum in Gaul. Neapolis in Paleftine. Némaufis in Gaul. Nefibis in Mefopotamia. Norba Cæfarea in Mauritania. Obulco in Spain. Oea in Africa. Olba in Pamphylia. Ofca in Spain. Oficarda in Spain, Panormus in Sicily. Parium in Myfia. Paralis in Lycaonia, Patricia (Corduba) in Spain. Pella in Macedon. Philippi in Macedon, PhilippoRufcino in Gaul. Romula (Hifpalis) in Spain. polis in Arabia. Ptolemais in Phoenicia. Rhefana in Mefopotamia. Sabaria in Hungary. Saguntum in Spain. Sebafte in Palestine. Segobriga in Spain. Sidon in Phonicia. Singara in Mefopotamia. "Sinope in Pontus. Stobi in Macedon. Tarraco in Spain. Theffalonica in Macedon. Traducta (Julia) in Spain. Troas in Phygia. Turiafo in Spain. Tyana in Cappadocia. Tyrus in Phoenicia. Valentia in Spain. Vienna in Gaul. Viminacium in Mafia. Utica in Africa. TABLE VIII. ABBREVIATIONS on COLONIAL ACCI. Accitana Colonia, Guadiz in Spain. ADI. ana * 1 lonia Cæfarea Augufta, in Palestine. COL. CA- COL. ana Oea Aug. Felix. Tripoli in Africa. C. A. PI. MET. SID. Colonia Emilia Pia. Metropolis Sidon. C. A. R. Colonia Augufta Rauracorum or Colonia Afta Regia: Augft in Switzerland, or Aft near Xeres de la Frontera in Spain. c. c. A. Colonia Cæfarea Augufta, Saragola in Spain. C. c. cOL. LUG. Claudia Copia Colonia Lugdunenfis. c. c. 1. E. Colonia Campef tris Julia Babba, in Mauritania. C. C. 1. B. D. D. Colonia Campeftris Julia Babba Decreto Decurionum. c. c. 1. H. P. A. Colonia Concordia Hadrumetina, Pia Augufta. C. CIV. D. D. P. Corona Civica, data Decreto Publico. c. c. N. A. Colonia Carthago Nova Augufta. C. C. N. C. D. p. Colonia Concordia, Nor... ba Cæfareana, Decreto Decurionum. C. COR. Colonia Corinthus. C. C. T. Ducentefima Remiffa. c. c. s. Colonia Claudia Sabaria, in Hungary. C. F. P. D. Colonia Flavia Pacenfis Develtum. Develtum in Thrace. C. G. I. H, P. A. Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana, Pariana, Augusta. c. i. c. A. Colonia Julia Concordia Apamea. c. 1. A. D. Colonia Julia Augufta Dertona, Tortona near Milan. C. 1, A. V. Colonia Julia Aug. Cadiz. C. L. AVG. F. SIN. Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Sinope., C. 1. B. Colonia Julia Balba, in Mauritania. C. I. C. A. P. A. Colonia Julia Carthago Augufta Pia Antiqua, or Corinth, or Carthago Nova. C. 1, CAL. Colonia Julia Calpe, Gibraltar. c. I. F. Colo-potamia. COL. PATR. Colonia Patrenfis or Pa nia Julia Felix. Cadiz. C. I. G. A: Colonia Julia Gemella Augufta. C. I. I. A. Colonia Immunis Illice Augufta, Elche in Spain. c. 1. N. C. Colonia Julia Norba Cæfareana, or Alcantara: fometimes it means Col. Julia Nova Carthago. C. v. Colonia Julia Valentia, Valencia in Spain, c. v. T. Colonia Victrix Tarraco. c. L. 1. COR. Colonia Laus Julia Corinthus. C. L. 1. N. AVG. Colonia Laus Julia Nova Augufta, Laus or Lodi in Lucania. C. M. L. Colonia Metropolis. Laodicea, in Calofyria. CO. DAM. METRO. Colonia Damafcus Metropolis. COHH. PRET. VII. P. VI, F. COHORTES Prætorianæ Septimum Piæ, Sextum Felices. COH. I. CR. Cohors Prima Cretenfis, COH. PRET. PHIL. Cohors Prætoriana Philippenfium. COL. AEL. A. H. MET. Colonia Elia Augufta Hadrumetina Metropolis, in-Africa. COL. AEL. CAP. COMM. P. F. Colonia Elia Capitolina Commodiana Pia Felix. COL. ALEX. TROAS. Colonia Alexandriana Troas. COL. AMAS. or AMS. Colonia Amastriana, in Paphlagonia. GOL. ANT. Antioch in Pifidia. COL, ARELAT. SEXTAN. Colonia Arelate Sextanorum, Arles. COL. AST. AVG. Colonia Af-Migitana Auguftana Augusta, Eceja in Spain. COL. AVG. FEL. BER. Colonia Augufta Felix Berytus. COL. AVG. Fir. Colonia Aug. Firma, Eceja. COL. AVG. JUL. PHILIP. Colonia Au"gufta Julia Philippenfis. COL. AVG. PAT, TREVIR. Colonia Augufta Paterna Trevirorum, Treves in Germany, fent from Paternum in Italy. COL. AUR. KAR. COMM. P. F. Colonia Aurelia Karrllæ Commodiana Pia Felix, or Cameatum Commagene, or Carrbe in Afia. COL. B. A. Colonia Braccara Augufta, Brague. COL. BRYT. L. V. Colonia Berytus Legio Quinta. COL. CABE, Colónia Cabellio, COL. CAES. AUG. Co tricia, Patras in Greece, or Cordova in Spain. COL. P. F. AVG. F. CAES. MET. Colonia Prima Flavia Aug. Felix Cæfarea Metropolis, in Palefine. COL. PL. F. AVG, CAES. METROP. P. 5. P. fame as above, P. S. P. is Provinciæ Syriæ Paleftinæ. COL. PR. F. A. CESAR. Colonia Prima Flavia Augufta Cæfarea, in Palefiine. COL. R. F. AVG. FL. C. METROP. Colonia Romiana Felix Aug. Flavia Cæfarea Metropolis. The fame. COL. ROM. Colonia Romulea, or Seville. COL. ROM. LVG. Colonia Romana Lugdunum. col. RVS. LEG. VI. Colonia Rufcino Legio Sexta, Rouffillon in France. COL. SABAR. Colonia Saburiæ. COL. SABAS. Sebaste in Palestine. COL. SER. G. NEAPOL. Colonia Servii Galba Neapo lis, in Palestine. COL. V. I. CELSA, OF COL. VIC. IVL. CELSA. Colonia Victrix Julia Celfa, Kelja in Spain. COL. VIC. IVL. LEP. Colonia Victrix Julia Leptis, in Africa. COL. VIM. AN. Î. Or 11. &c. Colonia: Viminacium Anno primo. Widin in Servia. COL. VLP. TRA. Colonia Ulpia Trajana: Kellen, or Warbal, in Transylvania. . CÓ. P. F. CAE. METRO. Colonia Prima Flavia Cæfarea Metropolis. co. P. 1. A. Colonia Pa'cenfis Julia Augufta, or Col. Octaviana. c. R. 1. F. s. Colonia Romana Julia Felix Sinope. C. T. T. Colonia Togata Tarraco. Colonia Victrix Illice, Elche in Spain. D. Decuriones. D. C. A. Divus Cæf. Aug. DERT. Dertofa. C. V. IL. GEN. COL. NER. PATR. Gedio Coloniæ Neronianz Gemella implies a Colony drawn from two others, MVN. NUMISTRO, an ancient town of Italy, inhabited by the Brutii. Liv. 1. xlv. c. 17. NUMITOR, the fon of Procas king of Alba, and the brother of Amulius. Procas, before his death, made him and Amulius joint heirs to the crown, on condition of their reigning annually by turns; but Amulius, on getting poffeffion of the throne, excluded Numitor, whofe fon Lanfus he put to death, and obliged ILTA, or RHEA SYLVIA, Numitor's only daughter, to become a veftal. This princess becoming pregnant, declared that the was with child by the god Mars; and afterwards brought forth Reinus and Romulus, who at length killed Amulius, and reftored Numitor to the throne, A. A. C. 754. See REMUS and ROME. * NUMMARY. adj. [from nummus, Latin.] Relating to money. Our ponderal libra remains as it was, though the nummary hath much de. creased. Arbuthnot on Coins. NUMMULAR. adj. [nummularius, Latin.] Relating to money. Dia. NUMMUS, (Lat.] n. f. a piece of money, ufed fynonimously with feftertius; and called aureus, golden, argenteus, filver, æreus, brazen, &c. according to the metal it was made of. See NUMIS MATOGRAPHY, and SESTERTIUS. * NUMSKULL. 2. S. [Probably from numb.] dull, torpid, infenfible, and Skull. 1. A dullard; a dunce; a dolt; a blockhead.-They have talked like numfkulls. Arb. and Pope. 2. The head. In burlesque. Or toes and fingers, in this case, Of numskull's felf fhould take the place. Prior, *NUMSKULLED. adj. [from numskull.] Dull; ftupid; doitish-Hocus has faved that clod-pated, numfkulled, ninnyhammer of yours from ruin. Arbuthnot. (1.) NUN, the fon of Elishamah, and father of Joshua, of the tribe of Ephraim, called NAUE by the Greeks. (2.) * Nus. n. f. A woman dedicated to the feverer duties of religion, secluded in a cloister from the world, and debarred by a vow from the converfe of men. My daughters Shall all be praying nuns, not weeping queens. Shak. -A devout nun had vowed to take fome young child, and bestow her whole life and utmost in duftry, to bring it up in ftrict piety. Hammond.The moft blooming toaft in the island might have been a nun. Addifon's Freeholder Ev'ry fhepherd was undone, To fee her cloifter'd like a nun. Swift's Mife. (3.) Nus. See MONASTERY, § 2. There were women in the ancient Chriftian church, who made public profeffion of virginity, before the N. TR. ALEXANDRINÆ COL. BOSTR. Nerviæ Tro janæ Alexandrianæ Coloniæ Boftræ, in Palestine, SEP. COL. LAVD. Septimia Colonia Laudicea, or Laodicea. SEP. TYK. MET. Septima Tyrus Metropolis. NUN monaftic life was known in the world, as appears from the works of Cyprian and Tertullian. Thefe, for diftinction's fake, are sometimes called ecclefi aflical virgins, and were commonly enrolled in the canon or matricula of the church. They differed from the monaftic virgins chiefly in this, that they lived privately in their father's houses, whereas the others lived in communities; but their profeffion of virginity was not so strict as to make it criminal in them to marry afterwards, if they thought fit. As to the confecration of virgins, it had fome things peculiar in it: it was ufually performed publicly in the church by the bishop. The virgin made a public profeffion of her refolu tion, and then the bishop put upon her the accuftomed habit of facred virgins. One part of this habit was a veil, called facrum velamen; another was a mitre or coronet worn upon the head. At prefent, when a woman is to be made a nun, the habit, veil, and ring of the candidate are carried to the altar; and the herfelf, accompanied by her nearest relations, is conducted to the bishop, who after mass and an anthem, (the subject of which is, "that he ought to have her lamp lighted, becaufe the bridegroom is coming to meet her,") pronounces the benediction: then the rifes up, and the bishop confecrates the new habit, sprinkling it with holy water. When the candidate has put on her religious habit, fhe prefents herself before the bishop, and fings on her knees, Ancilla Chrifti fum, &c.; then the receives the veil, and afterwards the ring, by which she is married to Christ; and lastly, the crown of virginity. When the is crowned, an anathema is denounced againft all who shall attempt to make her break her vows. In fome few inftances, perhaps, nunneries and monafteries may have been useful to morality and religion, as well as to literature; but in the grofs, they have been highly prejudicial; and however pious they may appear in theory, in fact they are unnatural and impious. It was furely never the intention of the Almighty to feclude youth and beauty in a cloistered ruin, or to deny them the innocent enjoyment of their age and fex. (4.) * NUN. n. f« {parus minor.] ›A kind of bird. Ainf. (5.) NUN, in geography, or VLED DE NUN, a province of Africa, S. of Sus, from which it is separated by fandy deferts. The emperor of Morocco claims the fovereignty of it, but his autho rity is little regarded by the people who are tribes of wild Arabs, addicted to robbery and plunder, literally fulfilling the prophetic charac ter given of their ancestor Ishmael, Gen. xvi. 12, European veffels are often driven on this coaft by the rapid current between the Canaries and the continent, and frequently shipwrecked; when the favage natives not only plunder the vessels, but but fell the people for flaves. The emperor of Morocco has in vain endeavoured to put a ftop to these outrages. Many parts of the country are fertile, producing grain, gums, wax, &c.; and the people trade to Mogador for linens, &c. * NUNCHION. n. f. A piece of victuals eaten between meals. Laying by their fwords and trunchions, They took their breakfasts or their nunchions. Hudibras. * NUNCIATURE. n. f. [from nuncio, Latin.] The office of a nuncio. *NUNCIO. n. f. [Italian, from nuncio, Latin.] 1. A meffenger; one that brings tidings. She will attend it better in thy youth, Than in a nuncio of more grave afpect. Shak. -They honoured the nuncios of the spring. Brown. 2. A kind of fpiritual envoy from the pope-This man was honoured with the character of nuncio to the Venetians. Atterbury. (1.) * NUNCUPATIVE. NUNCUPATORY. adj. [nuncupatus, Latin; nuncupatif, French.] Publicly or folemnly declaratory. 2. Verbally pronounced, not written. i (2.) NUNCUPATIVE, in the schools, means fomething that is only nominal, or has no existence but in name. (3.) NUNCUPATIVE WILL or TESTAMENT, a will made verbally, and not put in writing. See TESTAMENT, and WILL. "NUNDINA, a goddess among the ancient heathens, fuppofed to have the care of the purification of infants. And because male infants were purified 9 days after their birth, her name is derived from nonus, of the 9th, though female in fants were purified the 8th day; which purifica tion was called LUSTRATIO by the Romans. * NUNDINE, or FERIE NUNDINALES," in Roman antiquity, regular market days, held every 9th day. See next article, fr. ser (1.) NUNDINAL, Nundinalis, a name which the Romans gave to the eight first letters of the alphabet ufed in their kalendar. This series of letters, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, was placed and repeated fucceffively from the first to the last day of the year; one of these always expreffed the market-days, or the affemblies called nunding, quafi novendinæ, because they returned every 9 days. The country people, after working 8 days fucceffively, came to town the 9th, to fell their commodities, and to inform themselves of what related to religion and government. Thus the nundinal day being under A on the rff, 9th, 17th, and 25th days of January, &c. the letter D will be the nundinal letter of the year following (2.) * NUNDINAL. ) adj. [nundinal, Fr. from *NUNDINARY. S nundina, Lat.] Belonging to fairs. Dia. (1.) NUNDYDROOG, a large district of Im doftan in Myfore. (2.) NUNDYDROOG, a town and fort in the above district, which was besieged and taken by the British under Lord Cornwallis in Oct. 1792. See INDIA, § 28. NUNEATON, a town of Warwickshire, with a market on Saturday, feated on the Anker, anciently famous for its abbey. It has a good free fchool, and lies 8 miles N by E. of Coventry, . and 99 NNW. of London. Lon. 1. 25. W. Lat. 52 36. N. NUNEHAM, a village of Oxfordshire, 5 miles E. by S. of Oxford; remarkable for its annual fpinning feftival, laudably instituted by the earl and countefs of Harcourt for the encouragement of virtuous industry. (1.) NUNEZ, or Nuno, a river of Africa, which divides the Nalos from Sierra Leona, and falls into the Atlantic; in Lon. 13. 30. W. Lat. 9. 34. N. (2.) NUNEZ, a town of Spain in Catalonia. (3, 4.) NUNEZ. See NONIUS, No 2. and 3. NUNHO, a river of Melli. See MELLI. NUNIC MOUNTAINS, mountains of S. Carolina. Lon. 83° W. Lat. 35° N. (1.) *NUNNERY. n. f. [from nun.] A house of nuns; of women under a vow of chastity, dedicated to the feverer duties of religion.-I put your fifter into a nunnery, with a ftrict command not to see you, for fear you should have wrought upon her to have taken the habit. Dryd. Span, Fryar. (2.) NUNNERY. See CONVENT, Monastery, 2; and NUN, § 3. NUNO. See NUNEZ, N° 1. NUNSBROUGH, a town of Northumberland, near Hexham; feated on the banks of the Tyne, on the brink of a precipice, 200 feet high, whence there is a fine prospect. NUNWICH, a village of Northumberland, near the conflux of the Tyne and the Symondbourn; near which were discovered, several years ago, natural ftone pillars, arranged in a circular order, about 8 feet high, and 20 in circumference; supposed to have been Druïdical relics. NUOVO, MONTE, a mountain, in the environs of Naples, which blocks up the valley of Averno. "This mountain (Mr Swinburne telis us) arofe in 1538, for after repeated quakings the earth burft afunder, and made way for a deluge of hot afhes and flames, which rifing extremely high, and darkening the atmospher, fell down again and formed a circular mound 4 miles in circumference, and rooo feet high, with a large cup in the middle. The wind rising afterwards, wafted the lighter particles over the country, blafted vegetation, and killed the animals which grazed; the confequence was, that the place was deferted, till Don Pedro de Toledo, viceroy of Naples, encouraged the inhabitants by example and otherwife, to return. Part of Monte Nuovo is cultivated, but the larger portion of its declivity is wildly overgrown with prickly broom, and rank weeds that emit a very fetid fulphureous fmell. The water is shallow, its infide clad with fhrubs, and the little area at the bottom planted with fig and mulberry trees; a moft ftriking fpecimen of the amazing viciffitudes that take place in this extraordinary country: I faw no traces of lava or melted matter, and few ftones within. Near the foot of this mountain the subterraneous fires act with fuch immediate power, that even the fand at the bottom of the fea is heated to an intolerable degree." (.)* NUPTIAL. adj. [nuptial, French; nuptialis, Latin.] Pertaining to marriage; constituting marriage; ufed or done in marriage.Confirm |