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INDEX. 



Sen-ani, family of the, iv. 

 132. 



Serranus, iv. 9. 



Seiratula, v. Ill, 112. 



Sertorius, Q., i. 166 ; ii. 168 ; 

 iv. 394 — and the white 

 hiad, ii. 301. 



Serum, iii. 84. 



Servia, i. 264. 



Servility condemned, iii. 

 217. 



Servius on Virgil quoted, i. 

 194, 410, 455. 



Servius Tullius, King, i. 

 143 ; vi. 384. 



Sesambri, ii. 103. 



Sesame, ii. 90 ; iv. 36, 444. 



Sesamoides. iv. 444, 445. 



Sesculysses, i. 8. 



Seselis, ii. 299. 



Sesostris, ii. 92; vi. 94. 



Sesothes, vi. 331. 



Sestos, i. 308 ; ii. 486. 



Setia, i. 195. 



Setine wines, iii. 239 ; iv. 

 471. 



Sevenfold echo, vi. 345. 



Severus, Cassius, v. 288. 



Sewers at Rome,vi. 347,348. 



Sex, indications of, before 

 birth, ii 141— changes of, 

 138— children of one, 149 

 —of issue, how ensured, 

 V. 93, 239— in trees, iii. 

 359. 



Sexti«, V. 472. 



Sextilius, v. 368. 



Sexual congress, the, v. 292, 

 297. 



Sexual parts of animals, iii. 

 91, 92. 



Sexual passions, stimulants 

 of the. V. 365, 366. And 

 see " Aphrodisiacs.'' 



Shad, vi. 65. 



Shadows, when and where 

 there are none, i. 107 108 

 — thrown by trees, iii. 473. 



Shaking lands, i. 122. 



Shakspeare quoted, ii. 143, 

 153. 



Shame, iii. 80. 



Sharks, ii. 456,457, 458. And 

 see " Dog-fish." 



Shaving, the practice of, ii. 

 236, 237. 



Sheba, ii. 87. 



Slieep, ii. 331— their propa- 

 gation, 331— covered, 332 

 — colonic, 332--their wool, 

 .333, 334, 335— shapes of, 

 338, 339. 



She-goat, destnictive to the 

 olive, iii. 291, 292. 



Shell-fish, ii. 458— various 

 kinds of, 428, 429— why 



honoured at Cnidos, 413, 



414 — generation of, 463. 

 Shells of Venus, ii. 429. 

 Shepherd's dog, ii. 315. 

 Shields, invention of, ii.227 



— with portraits, vi. 227, 



228. 

 Shingles (diseas3), v. 24, 



199. 

 Shingles (for building), iii. 



101, 355. 

 Ships, invention of, ii. 233, 



234— of war. 234, 235, 236 



—building of, iii. 416-co- 



louring of, vi. 245. 

 Shiverings, cold, remedies 



for, V. 449, 450. 

 Shoes, invention of, ii. 224 



— mullet-coloured, 402. 

 Shooting stars, iv. 120. 

 Shop-paper, iii. 189. 

 Shortlived trees, iii. 432. 

 Shortness of life, indications 



of, iii. 96. 

 Shoulders, remedies for dis- 

 eases of, V. 436. 

 Showers of milk, blood, 



flesh, iron, wool, and tiles, 



i. 87, 88. 

 Shrewmouse, its bite ve- 

 nomous, ii. 353. 

 Shrubs, wines made from, 



iii. 260 — used for training 



the vine, 495-517. 

 Shushan, ii. 62. 

 Sibyl, i. 474 : ii. 179— her 



books, iii. 193. 

 Sicelicon, v. 135. 

 Sicily described, i. 216. 

 Sickle, iv. 91, 92. 

 Sicyon, i. 280. 

 Side, which is the strongest, 



ii. 158 — remedies for pains 



and affections in the, v. 



164, 440, 441. 

 Sideboards, vi. 132, 135. 

 Sideration, iii. 520. 

 Siderite, vi. 407. 

 Siderites, vi. 407. 

 Sideritis (plant), v. 94, 95, 



162. 

 Sideritis (a stone), vi. 355, 



454, 456, 457. 

 Sideropcecilos, vi. 456, 457. 

 Sidon, 435 ; vi. 380. 

 Siege, usages at, v. 281, 



282. 

 Sieve, plants that grow in 



a, V. 69. 

 Siga, i. 385. 

 Sigeum, i. 308, 476. 

 Sight, acuteness of, ii. 162 



— theory of, iii. 50, 51, 52 



— mole destitute of, iii, 50 



— of snails, iii. 50. 

 Sigilmessa, i. 3S2. 



Signets, vi. 74, 79, 81, 389, 

 390. 



Signia, i. 201. 



Signine composition, vi. 288. 



Signine wines, iii. 241 ; iv. 

 471. 



Signum, vi. 167. 



Siguenza, i. 172. 



Sikhs, ii. 47. 



Sil, vi. 140, 141. 



Silanion, vi. 169, 183. 



Silanus, 1)., iii. 275 ; iv. 10. 



Silanus, M., ii. 149. 



Silaus, V. 186. 



Sile, iv. 221. 



Siler, V. 31. 



Silex, vi. 371, 372. 



Sili, V. 71. 



Silicia, iv. 51, 52 ; v. 74, 75. 



Siligo, iv. 29, 32, 33, 35, 440. 



Siliqua, iii. 181, 368. 



Siliquastrum, iv. 267, 268. 



Silk, ii. 36; iii. 26, 27, 377: 

 V. 273— or cotton, alluded 

 to, ii. 131 — vestments of, 

 iii. 26,27— chaplets of, iv. 

 309. 



Silkworm, iii. 25, 26— larvje 

 of, 25— of Cos, 26. 



Sillig, his labours on Pliny, 

 iv. 519 ; V. 272 ; vi. 1. 



Sillybum, iv. 425 ; v. 168. 



" Silo," the name, iii. 56. 



Silphium, i. 396, 398; iv. 

 431, 432. 



Silures, i. 351. 



Silurus, i. 410 ; ii. 108, 382, 

 383. 



Silver, used on the stage, 

 vi. 94 — hoAV found. 111, 

 112, 113— scoria of, lie- 

 gilding of, 124 — testing 

 of, 125, 126-colouring and 

 enamelling of, 128 — vari- 

 ous uses of, 137, 138— ar- 

 tists in, 138, 139, 140. 



Silver chalk, iii. 454; vi. 

 301. 



Silver lead, vi. 191. 



Silver mines, vi. 112. 



Silver plate, luxury in, vi.' 

 131, 132— frugality of the 

 ancients in, 132, 133 — 

 enormous prices of, 135, 

 136. 



Simla hamadiyas, ii. 348. 



Siniige, menstruation of the, 

 ii. 151. 



Similago, iv. 34. 



Simois, i. 476. 



Simon, vi. 187. 



Sinionides, i. 322; ii. 165, 

 231. 



Simonides, the Younger, ii. 

 116. 



Simus, the writer, iv. 388. 



