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ARUCIA, a town of lUyria, in the interior parts of 



Liburnia. Ptolemy. According to fonie, h\s now Bre^ii^ ; 



but accoriling to others, Ol.'o/iaiz, a citadel of Morlacliia. 



ARUDIS, a town of Aiia, in Syria, fituate on the 



Eiiplirates, fouth-eall of Samofata. Ptolemy. 



A RUDY, in Geography, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Lower Pyrenees, and chief place of a cantu.i in 

 tlie diilric\ of Oleron, 1 1 miles fouth of Pan. 



ARVE,a fonorons and violent riverof Savoy, which rifes 

 from the Alps, in the county of Faucigny, and runs into the 

 Rhine near Geneva. 



ARVEDORUM MoNTES, in /Inch-nt dography, moun- 

 tains of India, on this fide of the Ganges. Ptolemy. 



ARVENSIS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Curculio de- 

 fcribed by Miill. Zool. Dan. It is grey, with three lines 

 on th'! thorax ; wing-cafes rufous, and faintly tcirellated. 



Arvensis, a fpecies of Cicada found in Denmark. It 

 is yellow; front, abdomen beneath and ildcs black. Mii'.l. 

 Gmel, &c. 



Arvensis, a fpecies of Phai,;ena {NoBua Linn.) The 

 wings are brown, with a tranfvcrfe yellow fpot in the middle ; 

 nrargin brov.'U. Gmel. Fab. S:c. — Nodtia bruyineii oiV^ien. 

 Schmctteil. This inftct is of the middle lize, and the un- 

 derfide is brown; the larva is naked, brown, and fpotted 

 with white; the lateralhne is bluilh; head black, with two 

 white lines. 



Arvensis, a fpecies of Vespa that inhabits Europe. 

 It has four yellow bands on the abdomen, the third of which 

 is interrupted. Liini. Fn. Sv. Schjeff. 5cc. 



ARVERNI, in ylncktit Geography, a denomination given 

 to one of the moft powerful nations of Gaul, whofe countiy, 

 according to Strabo, was fituated between the ocean, the 

 Pyrenees, and the Rhine. They claimed affinity with the 

 Romans, as the defccndants of Antenor ; to this purpofe, 

 Lucan fays of them, 



" Arvernique aufi latio fc dicerc fratres 

 Sanguine ab Iliaco populi." 

 And Phny fays, that after their conqucft by the Romans, 

 their ancient liberty was preferved to them on account of 

 their bravery. When Cxfar took potTcfrion of Gaul, it was 

 divided into two factions, the Arverni, and the iEdui ; and 

 it is faid, that the complaints preferred at Rome by the 

 ^dui againll the Arverni, were one of the caufes which 

 brought the arms of the Romans into Gaul, under the com- 

 mand of Fabius Maximus and Domitius Ahenobarbus. 

 According to Stcph. Byz. they were one of the moil war- 

 like nations among the Celtse. Their country was comprifed 

 in Aquitania Prima, and their capital was " Augullone- 

 matum," now Clermont, in Auvergne. N. lat. 45° 42'. 

 E. long. 3° 20'. 



ARVERON, in Geography, a river which rifes in a 

 glacier of Montanvert, in the Alps, and runs into the 

 Arve. 



ARVICITO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of 

 Naples, on the call coaft of Calabria Ultra, four miles 

 fouth of Stilo. 



ARVICOLA, in Entomology, a fpecies of Scarab.eus 

 {^Melolontha Fab.) found in RulTia, and greatly refembling 

 S. horticola. The (liield of the head is refleded ; body 

 black and immaculate. Gmel. &c, — Olf. It is hairy ; and 

 the thorax is tinged with blue. 



ARVIEUX, Laurent d', in Biography, was born of 

 a family of rank at Marfeilles, in \6^$, and accompanied a 

 relation to Seyde in 1653. In this place, and in other 

 parts of Syria and Paleftine, he refided 1 2 years, perfecting 

 himfclf in the eallcrn languages, and extending his acquaint- 

 ance with the hilU>i7, manners, and politics of tlie Levant. 



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Returning to France in t66j, lie was deputed as an envoy 

 to Tunis in 166S, for the purpofe of negot^^ting a treaty. 

 Whilil he was fuccefsfuliy conducling this bufinefs, he pro- 

 cured the liberation of 3S0 Frcneli ilaves, who, upon being 

 redored to their country, offered him a ptirfe of 600 pilloles, 

 which he declined accepting. At Con'.lantinople, whither 

 he was fi-nt in 1672, he obtained every tiling he alked; and 

 furprifed the Turks by holding all his conferences without 

 an interpreter. He was afterwards, viz. in 1675, fent ti) 

 Algiers, and obtained the freedom of 240 French fiaves. 

 In 1679, 1"^ ^^3^ preferred to the confulate at Aleppo, 

 where he perfotmcd various fervices, wliich recommended 

 him fo much to pope Innocent XI. that he fent him a brief 

 for the bifhopric of Babylon, empowering him to appoint an- 

 other perfon if he himfelf chofeto decline it. Accordingly he 

 nominated father Pidon to the office. In 1686, he returned 

 to Marfeilles, and principally devoted himfelf to literary pur- 

 fuits. He wrote feveral memoirs on Modern Hiftory, and 

 the affairs of the Levant : and he employed the lall years of 

 his life in the lludy of the fcripturcs in their original lan- 

 guages, aided by tlie caflern commentaries and paraphrafes. 

 He died in 1702, aged 67. In 1717, M. De la Rocque 

 printed, in l2mo., a NLS. which he had left uufinidied, con- 

 taining an account of a journey to the grand emir of the 

 Arabs, with a defcription of the manners and cufloms of 

 that people; and in 1734 there appeared, "Memoirs of 

 the chevalier D' Arvieux," with an account of all his travels, 

 &c. in 6 vols. i2mo., coUefted and arranged by father 

 Labat, a Dominican. Moreri. Gen. Biog. 



ARVII, in ^Indent Geography, a people of Gallia Lyon- 

 nenfis, mentioned by Ptolemy, who are fup])ofed, by M. 

 d'Anville, to have occupied that part of Gaul which corre- 

 fponds to part of Maine. Some velliges of their ancient 

 capital have been dlfcovered ia La Cite, on the river Erve, 

 which runs into the Sarte. 



ARVIL-5w/>/j«-, an entertainment made at funerals in the 

 northern parts of England ; and aroi/V-bread is the bread 

 delivered to the poor on fuch occafions. Arvil has alfo 

 been ufed for the funeral rites themfelves. 



ARVIRAGUS, in Biography, a Britilh king, flouriflied, 

 according ,to GeofTrty of Monmouth, and other native 

 writers, in the time of the emperor Claudius. Geoffrey's 

 account is generally deemed fabulous ; however, he fays, 

 that he was the fon of, Kymbeline; that upon the death of 

 his father and brother, he headed the Critons, and gained a 

 viftoryover Claudius; that upon Claudius's return to Rome, 

 he became a powcrfi;! prince, and affumed independent au- 

 thority; that upon the arrival of Vefpafian, he made a com- 

 promife witli him, aiid retained his dominions; and that, 

 having governed the kingdom in peace, his life was pro- 

 tracted to a good old age; that he was loved and feared even 

 by the Romans; and that he was buried at Gloncefter, in a 

 temple he had built and dedicated to the hoiiour of thd em- 

 peror Claudius. An old tradition reports, that, in the time 

 of this king, Jofeph of Arimathta came over to Britain, and 

 planted the gofpel in this country. Biog. Brit. 



ARUM, in Botany (fuppofed from api, noxa, injury). 

 Lin. g. 1028. Schrtb. 1387. Gasrtn. t. 84. Julf. 24. Clafs, 

 gynamlria polyantlr'ia. Monoeaa momtnilr'ia, Schreb. Nat. 

 Ord. Piperita. — Aroukx, JufT. Gen. Char. * Male flowers 

 on the fame fpadix with the females, clofely placed between 

 a double row of threads. Cal. fpathe one-leafed, very large, 

 oblong, convolute at the bafe, converging at the top; the 

 belly comprcffed, coloured within; fpadix club-ftiaped, quite 

 finiple, a little fliorter than the fpathe, coloured, fenced at 

 bottom with germs, and fnrivelling above them; perianth 

 proper none. 6"er. none; neftaries? thick at the bafe, ending 



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