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Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
[3542] Lit., “born, and that, too (et wanting in almost all edd.), into the hospice of that place which has nothing, and is inane and empty.”
[3543] So most edd. reading porrigeturfor the ms. corrigetur—“be corrected,” i.e., need to be corrected, which is retained in the first ed.
[3544] So Gelenius, followed by Canterus, Elmenh., and Oberthür, reading portione-m et, while the words tam lætam, “that he is so joyous a part” are inserted before et by Stewechius and the rest, except both Roman edd. which retain the ms. portione jam læta.
[3545] Lit., “sent to.”
[3546] So the ms., reading milvus, for which all edd. (except Oberthuer) since Stewechius read mulus, “a mule.”
[3547] Carduus, no doubt the esculent thistle, a kind of artichoke.
[3548] So, according to an emendation in LB., esui, adopted by Orelli and others, instead of the ms. reading et sui.
[3549] There has been much discussion as to whether the solifuga or solipuga here spoken of is an ant or spider.
[3550] The ms. reads discriminare, discernere, with the latter word, however, marked as spurious.
[3551] A kind of rug.
[3552] Mitra.
[3553] Strophium, passing round the breast, by some regarded as a kind of corset.
[3554] Mastruca, a garment made of the skins of the muflone, a Sardinian wild sheep.
[3555] Tribula, for rubbing out the corn.
[3556] Aurum is omitted in all edd., except those of LB., Hild., and Oehler.
[3557] Liber, a roll of parchment or papyrus, as opposed to the preceding codex, a book of pages.
[3558] The ms. reads vobis unintelligibly, corrected by Meursius bovis.
[3559] So Orelli and modern edd.; but Crusius gives as the ms. reading conspici-etur (not -et), as given by Ursinus, and commonly received—“Will he not…be seen?”
[3560] The ms. and first five edd. read et—“and,” changed in LB. to sed.
[3561] In this dialogue (st. p. 81) Socrates brings forward the doctrine of reminiscence as giving a reasonable ground for the pursuit of knowledge, and then proceeds to give a practical illustration of it by leading an uneducated slave to solve a mathematical problem by means of question and answer.
[3562] Lit., “his knowledge of things.”
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