INDEX. 



499 



Latinitas, i. 155. 

 Latmus, i. 467. 

 Latona, i. 319. 

 Latro, Foroius, iv. 263, 



Laughing-plant, v. 66. 

 Laughter, absence of, ii. 159 

 — description of, iii. 70, 71 

 — persons die with, -when 

 pierced, 71 — connected 

 with the spleen, 73. 



Laurea, TuUius, v. 473. 



Laurel, oil of, iii. 288 -vari- 

 eties of, 332, 333, 334— 

 anecdotes connected with 

 lit, 334-337— never struck- 

 by lightning, 335— crac- 

 kles in the fire, 335— re- 

 medies derived from, iv. 

 516-519. 



Lauriotis, vi. 203. 



Lauron, wine of, iii. 244. 



Laurus cassia, iii. 153. 



Lavender, iii. 120 ; iv. 338 ; 

 v. 169. 



Laver, v. 172. 



Laws, first introduction of, 

 ii. 220. Sef. o.lso " Twelve 

 Tables." 



Lavers, trees propagated 

 from, iii. 475, 478, 477. 



Leffiua, her fortitude, ii. 164 ; 

 vi. 179. 



Lead, vi. 112, 212-218. 



Lead-wort, v. 141, 142. 



Leaf-gold, vi. 96, 97. 



Leather, tanning of, iii. 201 

 —preparation of, "v. 38— 

 dyeing of, 71. 



Leaven, iv. 38, 39. 



Leaves, trees that never 

 lose their, iii. 118 — of 

 trees described, 374-379 

 — of plants, iv. 356. 



Lebanon, i. 435. 



Lebedos, i. 469. 



Lecanomancy, v. 427. 



Lechejc, i. 278. 



I^ectisternia, vi. 10. 



Leda (plant), iii. 133. 



Leeches, vi. 29, 51. 



Leeks, iv. 173, 174, 223, 224, 

 225 — ^juice of, poisonous, 

 174. 



Lees, of sapa, iv. 484 — of 

 wine, 482, 483— of vine- 

 gar, 483. 



Legacy-hunting, iii. 217. 



Legion, the fifth, iii. 43. 



Leguminous grain, iv. 106, 

 107. 



Leguminous plants, iv. 43, 

 44, 81 — insects that breed 

 in, iv. 455. 



Leleges, i. 292, 478. 



Lemanus, Lake, i. 175. 



Lc-ranisci, iv. 306, 



Lemnos described, i. 324— 

 earth of, vi. 236, 237— La- 

 byrinth of, vi. 341. 

 Lemonium, v. 122. 

 Lenteus,Pompeius,v. 78, 79. 

 Lentils, iv. 46, 448, 449. 

 Lentisk, iii. 132, 323 ; v. 17, 



19, 20. 

 Lentulus, ii. 147. 

 Leochares, vi. 169, 182, 316, 



317. 

 Leonatus, ii. 60. 

 Leonidas, tutor of Alexan- 

 der, iii. 128. 

 Leontice, v. 133. 

 Leontios, vi. 460. 

 Leontiscus, vi. 174. 

 Leontopetalon, v. 252. 

 Leontophonus, ii. 310. 

 Leontopodion, v. 173. 

 Leopard, how produced, ii 



264, 265. 

 Lepanto, i. 175. 

 Lepas, vi. 63. 



Lepidi, family of the, ii. 145 

 Lepidotis, vi. 452. 

 Lepidus, M.,ii. 181; vi.272, 



324, 348. 

 Lepis, vi. 194, 195. 

 Lepontii, i. 254, 255. 

 Leprosy, v. 153. 

 Leptis, i. 391, 393. 

 Leptophyllos, v. 180, 

 Leptorragte, iii. 220. 

 Lerida, i. 166. 

 Lernaja, a parasitical class 



of insects, ii. 390. 

 Leros, i, 322. 

 Lesbias, vi. 452. 

 Lesbos, described, i. 487 — 



wines of, iii. 245. 

 Lethargus, iv. 461. 

 Lethargy, v. 198, 355 ; vi. 



49. 

 Lethe, v. 477. 

 Letters, origin of, i. 424 ; ii. 



220, 221— ancient, 236. 

 Lettuce, iv. 180, 181, 182, 



228-232. 

 Leucacantha, iv. 405; v. 263." 

 Leucacanthos, iv. 353. 

 Leucadia, i. 274. 

 Leucauthemum, iv. 378 ; v. 



263. 

 Leucanthemus, iv. 411, 412. 

 Leucanthes, iv. 383. 

 Leucatas, i. 494. 

 Leucate, i. 274. 

 Leuce, i. 315, 471. 

 Leiice (plant), v. 254, 255. 

 Leuceoron, v. 173. 

 Leucirana, i. 310. 

 Leucochrysos, vi. 435, 453. 

 LeucocoQnj, iii. 247, 248. 

 Leucogfea, vi. 449, 476. 

 Leucograpbis, v. 255. 



Leucographitis, vi. 449. 



Leucopetra, i. 210. 



Leucophoron, vi. 98, 99, 237, 

 238. 



Leucophthalmos, vi. 452. 



Leucopoecilos, vi. 453. 



Leucosyri, ii. 7. 



Leucrocotta, ii. 279. 



Leuctra, i. 283. 

 j Libadion, v. 104. 



Libanian wine, iii. 262. 



Libanochrus, vi. 453. 



Libanotis, iv. 203, 267. 



Libanus, i. 435. 



Libations, iii. 262. 



Libella, vi. 89. 



Liber (the divinity), i. 290; 

 ii. 167 ; vi. 316. 



Libera, vi. 316. 



Liberal arts, iii. 217; iv. 

 391. 



Libethra, i. 296. 



Libo, Scribonius. vi. 346. 



Library, fir.st public, ii. 177. 



Libs, iv. 116, 



Liburnia described, i. 257. 



Liburnica, ii. 365. 



Libya, i. 374 — Mareotis, de- 

 scribed, i. 401, 



Libybajum, i. 218. 



Libycum, iv. 245, 246. 



Libyplnjenices, i. 390. 



Libyssa, i. 494. 



Lice, remedies for, iii, 40; 

 V. 409. 



Lichen, remedies for the 

 disease, iv. 208; v. 152, 

 153, 154, 160, 161 ; vi. 35. 



Licliens, iii. 145, 146 — on 

 l)luratrees, iv. 508. 



Liciniani, ii. 150. 



Life, the duration of, ii. 132 

 133, 200-205— tlie frailty 

 of, 141, 142— the unceF- 

 tain tenure of, 206 — per- 

 sons who have returned 

 to, 210 — whether the 

 blood is the principle of, 

 iii. 80. 



Light, emitted from tlie 

 eyes of dead fish, iii, 54— 

 from rotten wood, 54. 



Liglitning, particulars con- 

 nected with, i, 69, 70, 84, 

 85, 86 ; V. 471— its effects, 

 i. 81, 82~objects struck 

 by, 86- not struck hy, 86, 

 87 — of a remarkable na- 

 ture, ii. 200 — expiation 

 for, iii 302,310. 

 Liguria described, i. 184. 



Ligurians, i. 185. 

 LigMsticum, iv. 265. 

 Ligustrum, iii. 146 ; v. 32. 

 Lily, iv. 314, 315, 316, S66, 

 367. 



