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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1843] Cerneret, “to see so as to distinguish;” a stronger word than “video.”
[1844] Præposterus; having the last first, and the first last.
Chap. VII.—Of All the Parts of the Body.
[1845] Solidamenta corporis.
[1846] Retinaculis.
[1847] Visceribus.
Chap. VIII.—Of the Parts of Man: the Eyes and Ears.
[1848] Rigidum.
[1849] [An amusing persistency in the enforcement of this idea.]
[1850] Omnis. Others read “orbis.”
[1851] i.e., the head.
[1852] Cœlo. Some believed that the soul was of fire.
[1853] Foratu, “the process of boring;” foramen, “the aperture thus made.”
[1854] Frontem.
[1855] Duplicitas.
[1856] Altrinsecus.
[1857] Hauriendis, from which “aures” is said to be formed.
[1858] Æneid, iv. 359. [The English verb bother (= both ear) is an amusing comment on the adaptation of ears to unwelcome voices.]
[1859] Refulgentes.
[1860] Imaginum incursione.
[1861] According to some, “talc.”
[1862] iii. 368.
[1863] Cum modo: “in a measured degree.”
Chap. IX.—Of the Senses and Their Power.
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