The ancient lituus was an Etruscan high-pitched brass instrument, which was straight but bent at the end, in the shape of a letter J, similar to the Gallic carnyx. It was later used by the …

The medieval lituus was a musical instrument of an indeterminate nature, known only from records which ascribe it various properties. Johann Sebastian Bach's O Jesu Christ, Meins …

trumpet, brass wind musical instrument sounded by lip vibration against a cup mouthpiece. Ethnologists and ethnomusicologists use the word trumpet for any lip-vibrated instrument, …

2022年8月29日 · BRASS FROM THE PAST: Reproduction of an ancient Roman Tuba or Lituus. It was used between 500 BC and A.D. 100 by the Etruscans, Romans and native European iron …

The lituus was a distinctive type of curved staff used in ancient Rome, primarily associated with religious and political functions. Its shape—resembling a shepherd’s crook or a curved …

What does the noun lituus mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun lituus . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Lydus (de Mens. 4.50) calls the lituus Lituus, the Augural Staff. the sacerdotal trumpet ( ἱερατικὴν σάλπιγγα ), and says that it was employed by Romulus when he proclaimed the title of his city.

The lituus was a cult instrument in Roman religion, used by augurs to mark out a ritual space in the sky (a templum). The passage of birds through this templum indicated divine favor or …

2020年3月5日 · The lituus is the locus of the point P moving such that the area of a circular sector remains constant. The arc length, curvature, and tangential angle are given by s(theta) = (2) …

LITUUS, the cavalry trumpet of the Romans, said by Macrobius (Saturn. lib. vi.) to have resembled the crooked staff borne by the Augurs. The lituus consisted of a cylindrical tube 4 or …