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iilauds Crj-ceon, fitiiate on t!ie north-weft part of tlie "ulf of 

 Glaucus, towards hit. 36° 35'. 



Alina, or Atina, a diflrift of Italy, in that part of 

 Magna Grxcia, called Lucania, north of Cx-fariana, and 

 well of Abdlinum Marficiim. 



ALINDA, a town placed by Ptulcmy in Caria, bitwecn 

 Stratonice and BadcfTus. This is erroncoiilly called yllina by 

 Steph. Byz. 



ALINDESIS, in the indent Gfrnnqjlic Merliane, a kind 

 of exercife, wherein perfons being befmeared with oil, rolled 

 themlelves naked in the dull. 



The word is fometimes alfo written aXivJo-. 



ALINDOCA, in jlncu-nt Geography, a town placed by 

 Steph. Byz. in Macedonia. 



ALINGO, Alingijnh partus, L'm^on, is affigned by M. 

 d'Anville to the Valfati, and placed between Sirio to 

 the norlh-weft and UfTubium to the fonth-eail. Sidonius 

 Apolhnaris fpeaks of it as being fituatcd on the Ga- 

 rumna. 



ALINGSAHS, in Gengraphy, a town of Sweden, inWeft 

 Gothland, iituate on the river Sewelanga. Tt was built by 

 the inhabitants of Ny-Lodefe, after the deftruftion of their 

 town by the enemy. A filk and woollen manufacture is 

 eilabhflied in this town ; tobacco is alfo fpun, and tobacco 

 pipes are made here. This is the 8 ift voting town in the 

 Diet. 



ALINZA, a town placed by Ptolemy inMcdia, and called 

 alfo Orofa. Another town of the fame name was iituated 

 more to the north. Aihi%a was alfo a town of Sufiana. 



ALIONE, or Alone, a name given in the Notitia to 

 Lancastek. 



ALIOS hatov, in Ichthyology, a name given by Ariflotle 

 to the ftrange lifn called by Artedi, lophius, andby otliers 

 'B^i.ii h ptfcatrix. 



ALlPxENOS, in the Ancient Phyfic, an appellation given 

 to diy topical medicines, or fuch as have no fat mixed with 

 them. 



. The word is fometimes alfo written nl'ipantos. It is purely 

 Greek, aXi-xiTOs, compounded of the primitive a, and 

 'Kv:ta.i,iui, p'tnguej'cere, to fatten. In which fenfe aUpicna ftands 

 oppofed to I'lpcira, or plafters, which have fat in their com- 

 yofition ; called alfo by Celfus, len'ia. 



Galen gives the name aAixn to the remedies applied to 

 frefh wounds, to check the inflammation, and haften their 

 healing. 



ALIPHERA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Arcadia, 

 feated in the weftern part of it, and fouth of Heraea, by 

 which the river Alpheus pafied, on the top of a high and 

 fteep hill, which was defended by a ilrong fortrefs. Some 

 fay that it took its name from Alipherus, the fon of Lycaon. 

 It was abandoned by the greateil number of its inhabitants, 

 when Megalopolis was founded ; and at the time of the 

 Achxan league it was joined to Triphylia. This city was 

 reduced by Philip of Macedon, when lie brought the whole 

 country of the Triphalians under fubjeftion. We kam from 

 Polybius, (lib. ii. p. 343.) that there was to be feen in this 

 fortrefs a brazen llatue of Minen-a, famous for its fize and 

 workmanfliip. But he adds, that the inhabitants could give 

 no fatisfaclory account why it was placed there, and at whofe 

 charge. It was the work of Hecabodorus and Sollratus, 

 > and generally eileemed the moil beautiful and finilhed piece 

 "which they ever executed. Minerva and Hercules had both 

 temples in this place ; and the tradition of the country 

 reports, that Minerva was born and educated here. 



ALIPILARIUS, or Alipilus, in ylntiqultv, an officer 



belonging to the baths, who, by means of wax, and waxen 



. plafters, took off the hairs from the dj:, or arm pits. The 



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women wlio performed this office were called pkatrlcei, and 



piirlillrht. 



The nlipilus anfwered to what the Greeks called Jfi'T«xis>if. 

 The ancient Romans made it a point of clcanlinefs to keip 

 the ar.n-pits clear and fmooth. In after-times, they went 

 farther, and took oft' the hair from their arms, legs, and 

 other parts, with pitch and roiin, and by the ■voljellii, an in- 

 ilrumtnt for that purpofe. 



ALIPOW Montis Ceti, in the Mnterhi AM'ica, a 

 kind of white turhith, which is a itroiig purgative. It is to 

 be found in feveral places of Languedoc, particularly near 

 Cete, whence the modern botanilis have given it its name. 

 It is fometimes ufed inllead of fcna ; which, however, may 

 be dangerous, fmce it is a much llronger purgative. 



AIjIPTA, from aAsi^o), / anoint, in the Ancient Gym* 

 tkijlics, an officer appointed to anoint the athlete:. 



In which fenfe the aliptx amount to the lame wth what 

 are otherwife called untlorcs, ■AnAjalndipt/e. 



Alipta is fometimes alio ufed, in a lefs proper fenfe, for 

 the direftor, or fuperintendant of the excrcifes of the athhtx. 

 In which fenfe alipta is fynonymous with gymnajlcs, and 

 p.eJolnl'n. 



ALIPTERIUM, aXiTTj^^iov, in Antiquity, a place in the 

 undent palijlr^, where the athletic were anointed before their 

 exercifes. 



The alipterium, or aVipterion, was otherwife called el/ZO- 

 THESiON, s.nd iinf/iiariiini ; (omcUmcs <d{o ccroma. 

 ALIPTES, the name of a fountain near Ephefus. 

 ALIQLTANT/'j///, in Arithmetic, is that which will not 

 meafure or divide any number exatlly. Or an aliquant 

 pirt is that which being taken anv number of times, is 

 always greater or lefs than the whole. 



Thus live is an aliquant part of 12 ; for being taken 

 twice, it falls (hort ; and when taken three times, it exceed* 

 I 2. 



The aliquant parts of a pound, or 20s. are, 



3J-. an aliquant part compofed of a tenth and 2cth. 

 6s. of a 5th and a loth. 

 •js. of a 4th and a tenth. 

 8s. of two 5ths. 

 9^. of a 4ch and a 5th. 

 1 IS. of a half and a 20th. 

 J 2s. of a half and a loth. 

 13^. of a half, a loth, and a 20th, 

 14J. of a half and a 5th. 

 ip. of a half and a 4th. 

 i6s. of a half, a fifth, and a icth. 

 ijs. of a half, a 4th, and a i&th. 

 18s. of a half and two jths. 



igj-. of a half, a 4th, and 5tii. See Mvi.tiplicatiov, 

 ALIQJ.TOT/rt;V, is fuch part of any number or quan- 

 tity, as will exaftly meafure it, without any remainder. — 

 Or, it is a part, which being taken a certain number of 

 times, becomes equal to the whole, or integer. 



The word is formed of aliqiioties, any number of times. 

 Thus 3 is an aliquot part of 1 2 ; becaufc, being taken four 

 times, it will jull meafure it. 



All the aliquot parts of any number may be thus found. 

 Divide the given number by its Icaft divifor, and divide the' 

 q\iotient alfo by its kail divllor, and fo on always dividing 

 the leaft quotient by its lall divllor, till tiie quotient I is ob- 

 tained ; and all the divifors, thus taken, are the prime ali- 

 quot parts of the given number. Then multiply continually 

 together thefe prime divifors, I'/'s. every two, every three, 

 every four of them, &c. ; and the products will be the other 

 or compound aliquot parts of the given number. E.G. 

 Ltt the aliquot parts of 60 be required ; firll divide it by 2, 



and 



