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dictus est do/rpy, vel quod sit fere alter.” Cf. Non.: * Fratrum proprietatem Nigidius 
accuratissime dixit, * frater est, inquit, dictus quasi fere alter. " 
44. Humilitas. There is a considerable difference between the two manuscripts, the 
Cod. Vat. giving one definition only, the moral, while the Cod. Ricc. contains a sec- 
ond, the political or social It is remarkable that neither Festus, Nonius, nor Gel- 
lius mentions the word, although a good Latin word, and used by the best writers 
both in the moral and political sense. The fact that Gellius neither in the extant part 
of his work, nor, as far as we can judge, in the lost eighth book, mentions the word 
humilitas, settles the question that Petronius did not in this instance, and perhaps not 
in any other, borrow from Gellius. 
45. Mansuetudo. There is no difference between the two manuscripts. Gellius does 
not speak of the word. Cf. Fest.: * Mansuetum ad manum venire suetum. Alii aiunt 
mansuetum dictum neque ex misericordia maestum neque ex crudelitate saevum sed 
modestia temperatum." Cf. Non. 59: “ Mansuetum dictum est quasi manu adsuetum, 
quod omnia, quae sunt natura fera, manuum permultione mitescant.” From the agree- 
ment of Petronius and Nonius it is to be inferred, either that they drew from a common 
source, or that one borrowed from the other. If Petronius be the borrower, it is not easy 
to determine from this circumstance alone the age of Petronius, as there is a great differ- 
ence of opinion as to the age to which Nonius belongs, some placing him at the close 
of the second century, and others at the commencement of the fifth. 
46. Devotio. There is a slight difference between the two manuscripts; the Cod. 
Ricc. undoubtedly gives the better text. The definition seems to indicate a Christian 
source. The word is certainly not used in this sense by any classical writer. 
47. Misericordia. Slight difference between the two manuscripts; the Cod. Rice. 
giving the better reading. These, too, appear to be definitions proceeding from a 
Christian source, especially the second. x pe ae 
48. Pax. Great difference between the manuscripts. The first definition appears to 
be of Christian origin: * perhaps also the second, if we supply dei instead of deorum 
after propitiationem. The third definition, contained in the Cod. Rice. only, is of the 
same description. 
49. Luctus vel Dolor. This term, with its definition, i is contained in the Cod. Ricc. 
only. The definition is evidently of Christian origin, but too comprehensive, inasmuch 
* Cf. Comment. Hieronymi Lib. III. in Epist. ad Ephes. c. vi.: “inter haec (dona) pax non minimum pos- 
sidet locum, quae superat omnem sensum et custodit corda intellectusque sanctorum, serenitas quaedam atque 
tranquillitas animae quiescentis." 
