9 PETRONIUS ARBITER 
in Italy, I had neither the time nor means to ascertain whether the fragment was 
already published, but upon a somewhat more careful investigation since my return, 
I have come to the conclusion that it is an avéx8orov.* The contents, although of no 
great importance, are yet of sufficient interest to justify the publication of the frag- 
ment. 
attempt at a reconstruction of the text. 
Petronius. 
Biblioteca Vaticana. 
PETRONIUS ARBITER DE ANTIQUIS DICTIONIBUS. 
Nitrum dicitur a nitra prouincia: ubi 
si estate prolixa pluuia terram infuderit: 
rapida ui solis aquam concoquit.in petram 
salis et niui simillimam sed nihil frigoris 
uel salsi humoris habentem que salis uel 
caumate durescit uel pluuioso aere lique- 
scit. hoc indigene ad lauandum utuntur. 
Kyrogrillus animal non maius ericio 
simile muri uel urso in cauernis petrarum 
habitans in Italia abundans. 
Caparis herba que fallitur. plautus in 
Gurgulione. Ne oliuas aut pulpamentum 
aut caparum. et alibi Caparis et putri 
cepas allece natantes. 
Hepicima laus de uictoria. 
Exedre thalami seu cellule seu potius 
cubilia aut sedes. Cicero de oratore. In 
eadem exedra. 
Scalptura quod usitatius scalpturam dici- 
mus: tunc histriaca dicitur: quod qui histo- 
rias sel gesta aliqua exprimunt histriones: 
- * The only indication which I find t that the contents of the fragment, or a part of them, were pre 
The copy of the two manuscripts will be followed by some remarks, and an 
I shall, for convenience’ sake, retain the name 
Biblioteca Riccardiana. 
Ex PETRONIO ÁRBITRO FRAGMENTUM INCIPIT. 
Nitrum dicitur a nitra prouincia: ubi si 
in aestate pluuia terram infuderit rapida ui 
solis aquam concoquit in petram sali ex 
riuis simillimam : sed nihil frigoris uel salsi 
humoris habentem: quae salis more uel 
caumate durescit: uel pluuioso aere lique- 
scit. hoc indigenae ad laudandum utuntur. 
Cyrogrillus animal non maius ericio 
simile muri et urso in cauernis petrarum 
habitans in italia abundans. _ 
Caparis herba que salitur. Pinus in 
curgulione voltis ne oliuam aut. pulpu- — 
mentum aut caparim: et martialis Caparim 
alibi et putri cepas alece natantes. 
Epirima laus de uictoria. 
Exedrae thalami seu cellulae seu potius 
cubilia aut sedes. et actoris nomen accepe- 
runt. Cicero in eadem exedra. 
Scalptura quod usitatius sculpturam dici- 
mus tunc histriaca dicitur tam historias uel 
gesta gis exprimunt histriones. 
known, is contained in C. G. Anton's edition of the Satyricon, 1781, p. 490, where he gives among the Frag- 
ments of Petronius the following: * Petronii Grammatici Fragmenta. Horatius: Quis te redonavit Quiritem 
. diis patriis? cuius nominativus est hic Quirites. — Classica a calando, id est vocando.” To this is added the 
note: * Classica. Daniel. invenit in vet. Cod. in explicatione classicum haec ita expressa: et classica auctore 
Petronio à ee etc. 
