INDKX. 



513 



Posia, iii. 282, 283. 



Posias, vi. 280, 281. 



Posideuin, i. 466. 



Posidoiiius (artist), vi. 139 

 188. 



Posidonius (philosopher), i. 

 149. 



Posilippo, i. 214. 



Posis, vi. 285. 



Potamaugis, v. 65. 



PotamogitoD, v. 172. 



Poterion. v. 128, 129, 262. 



Pothos, iv. 338. 



Potidasa, i. 300. 



Potter's wheel, ii. 226. 



Pottery, invention of the 

 art of, ii. 225 — works in 

 vi. 286, 287. 



Poultices, iv. 447. 



Poultry, the art of cram- 

 ming, ii. 531 — law as to 

 531 — remedies derived 

 from, v. 399. 



Pozzuolane, iii. 420 ; vi. ' 

 373. 



Pozzuolo, i. 196. 



Prscordia, iii. 70. 



" Prffilegare," meaning of 

 the word, vi. 87. 



Prseneste, i. 201. 



Prgetetiaimm, iii. 239. 



Praetexta, ii. 337, 338, 411, 

 447, 448 ; vi. 72. 



Prsetutia, i. 235 — wines of, 

 iii. 242, 246. 



I'ramnian wine, ii. 237. 



Prase, vi. 429. 



Prasii, ii.52. 



l^rasion (plant), iv. 268, 290, 

 291, 292. 



Prasion (stone), vi. 429. 



Prasoides, vi. 427. 



I'rason, iii. 210. 



"Prata," derivation of the 

 word, iv. 12. 



Praxagoras, iv. 301. 



Praxiteles, ii. 185; vi. 169. 

 177, 178, 272, 311, 312, 313. 



Precepts most useful in 

 life, ii. 178. 



Precious stones, first use 

 of, vi. 386— engraving on, 

 .S89, 390— defects in, vi. 

 • 411 — that suddenly make 

 their appearance, 461 — 

 artificial, 462, 46.3— forms 

 of, 462— mode of testing, 

 463. 



Precocity, instances of hu- 

 man, ii. 158— sign of an 

 early death, 209— in trees, 

 iii. .389. 



Pregnancy, ii. 141. 



Prester, iv. 280, 474 ; vi. 20. 



" Prevarication," meauinp 

 of the word, iv. 64. 



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Priaponnesns, i. 485. 

 i'riapu.s, i. 326, 485, 489. 

 Prices, of trees, iii. 438, 439 



—of drugs, vi. 143, 144- 



immoderate, of statues 



163, 164. 

 Priene, i, 467. 

 Primary colours, iv. 326. 

 Primipilus, iv. 394. 

 PristoR, vi. 173. 

 Pristis, ii. 359. 

 Privemian wine, iii. 241. 

 Privet, iii. 372 ; v. 32. 

 Prochyta, i. 214. 

 Procilius, ii. 354. 

 Proconnesus, i. 496; ii. 144. 

 Procreation at will, v. 67. 

 Proculeius, C, ii. 196; vi, 



376. 

 Prodigies, i. 115, 116 ; v. 2S0, 



281, 282-celestial, i. 596 



— connected with trees, 

 iii. 526, 527 — connected 

 with the healrh, vi.384. 



Production of plants, the 

 natural order of, iii. 379, 

 380. 



Products of trees, iii. 119. 



Prcetus, the daughters of, v 

 96. 



P. ogeny, numerous, ii. 149, 

 150. 



Progne, i 307. 



Prognostics, as to length of 

 life, iii. 96— derived from 

 the sun, iv. 117, 118, 119 

 — from the moon, 119, 120 

 — from the stars, 120, 121 

 — from thunder, 121-fi-om 

 clouds, 121 — from mists, 

 122— from water, 122, 123 



— from tempests, 123 — 

 from aquatic animals and 

 birds, 123, 124-frora quad- 

 rupeds, 124, 125 — from 

 plants, 125 — from food, 

 125. 



Promenade, arched, vi.339. 

 Prometheus, ii. 226 ; vi. 71, 



386. 

 Propagation of plants, iii. 



461-467. 

 Propolis, iii. 6, 7; iv. 346, 



434; V.22. 

 Propontis, i.slands of, i. 496. 

 Propyiseum, vi. HIS. 

 Prose, first writer in, ii. 



231. 

 Proserpin, i. 219. 

 ProseqDinaca, v. 264. 

 Prostyp.a, vi. 2S4. 

 Protesilalis, i. 297, 308; iii. 



431. 

 Protogenes, vi. 188,257,258, 



259. 264-267. 

 Protropum, iii. 240. 250, 



I Proverbs, i. 8, 10,229; vi. 



258, 262. 

 Pruning, iii. 509-515— er- 

 rors in, .531. 

 Priisa, i. 493, 494. 

 Prusias, i. 493 ; ii. 154. 

 Psetta, ii. 396. 

 Pseudoanchusa, iv. 410. 

 Pseudobunion, v. 61. 

 Pseudodictamuon, v. 115, 



116, 172. 

 Pseudonard, iii. 120. 

 Psimithium, vi. 219, 220. 

 Psittacus, ii. 522, 523. 

 Psoricon, vi. 199. 

 Psychotrophon, v. Ill, 112. 

 Psylli, i. 393; ii. 125, 289; 



iii. 30; v. 129. 

 Psythium, iii. 248. 

 Pteris, V. 245, 246. 

 Pteron, vi. 317. 

 Pterophoros, i. 336. 

 Pterygia, v. 510. 

 Ptisan, iv. 28, 29, 446. 

 Ptolemseus, i. 440; iii. 157; 



vi. 260. 

 Ptolemais, i. 396, 4,34 ; ii. 94. 

 Ptyas, V. 497. 

 Publicani, vi. 84, 85. 

 Publicius, ii. 147. 

 Public-houses, ii. 459. 

 Piiblius Syrus, ii. 344. 

 Puce, ii. 450. 



Pucinum, wine of. iii. 239. 

 Fulcher, Claudius, vi. 231. 

 Pulegium, iv. 259, 260. 

 Pulmentarium, iii. 303 ; iv. 



32. 

 Pulmo marinus, ii. 458 ; vi. 



46. 

 Puis, iv. 32, 443. 

 Pulsation, v. 372. 

 Pumpkins, iv. 157. 

 Pumice, vi. 365, 366, 367. 

 Punic api)le. iii. 200, 201 ; 



iv. 498-50>. 

 Pimjaub, ii. 16. 

 Pupils of the eves, double, 



ii. 127, 128 — the nature 



of, iii. 52, 53. 

 Purgatives, iv. 518, 519. 

 Purification, vi. 292— of the 



city of Home, ii. 492,493. 

 Pui-p'le, i. 435 ; ii. 442-450— 



vestments, 44'.^.443 — when 



first used at HMUie, 447. 

 Purples, ii. 441~U5. 

 PurpurarijE, ii. 106. 

 Purpurissum, vi. 242. 

 Purslain. iii. 204; iv. 280, 



281, 282. 

 Purulent eruptions, reme- 

 dies for, V. 357. 

 Puteal, iii. 310. 

 Puteoli, i. 196, 214. 

 Pycuocomon, v. 175. 

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