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INDEX. 



SpheiGj invention of the, ii. 

 230. 



Sphingia, ii. 95, 100. 

 Sphingium, ii. 549. 



Sphinx, ii. 118, 279; vi. 167, 



389— Egyptian, 336, 337. 

 Sphondyle, v. 271. 



Sphragis, vi. 237, 431. 



Sphyrene, vi. 66. 



Spiders, attack tlie serpent, 

 ii. 552 — an account of, iii. 

 27— tlieir webs, 27, 28— 

 generation of, 29— reme- 

 dies derived from, v. 415, 

 416. 



Spignel, iv. 295, 296. 



Spikenard, iii. 120. 



Spilumene, vi. 177. 



Spina regia, iii. 107, 208. 



Spinal marrow, iii. 63. 



Spinelle ruby, vi. 420. 



Spinning, invention of, ii. 

 224; iv. 136. 



Spinther, the actor, ii. 147. 



Spintumix, ii. 493. 



Spirae, vi. 375. 



Spissiim, iii. 167. 



Spitter, iii. 44. 



Spitting of blood, remedies 

 for, V. 343, 344. 



Spittle, human, kills ser- 

 pents, ii. 126 — particular; 

 relative to, v. 288, 289, 290 

 —of females, 304. 



Splanchnoptes, iv. 407; 

 183. 



Spleen, iii. 73 — animals 

 without, 73 — cauterized 

 in runners, 73 — small in 

 certain animals, 73 — re- 

 medies for diseases and 

 affections of, v. 181, 182, 

 345, 346, 439, 440 ; vi. 41, 

 42. 



Spleenwort, v. 228, 229. 



Splenion, v. 95, 96. 



Spodium, iv. 485, 505 ; vi. 

 202, 203— of lead, 218. 



Spodos, vi. 202, 203. 



Spoleto, i. 240. 



Spoletum, i. 240. 



Spondyliiim, iii. 153; v. 12. 



Spondylus, vi. 65. 



Sponges, ii. 454, 455, 456 ; v. 

 519-522. 



Spongites, vi. 362. 



Spongitis, vi. 457. 



SpoiisaHa, ii. 437. 



Spontaneous growth of trees, 

 iii. 394, 395, 396. 



Spoonbill, ii. 522. 



Sporades, i. 320. 



Spotted marble, vi. 325. 



Sprains, remedies for, v. 200, 

 357. 



Spring flowers, iv. 336, 337. 



Spring-wagtail, ii. 522. 



Springs, hot. See " Hot 

 springs." 



Spurge, iv. 228 ; v. 177, 179, 

 180'. 



Squalls, i. 79. 80. 



Squalus, ii. 289, 412. 



Squatina, ii. 380, 411, 452. 



Squill, iv. 241, 242, 1'43— vi- 

 negar, 241, 242,480, 481. 



Sqnillace, i. 222. 



Squinting, iii. 53. 



Squirrel, ii. 310, 311. 



Stabiaj, i- 206. 



Stachys, v. 55. 



Stacte, iii. 130, 131. 



Stag-beetle, iii. 33 — used as 

 an amulet, 34— rt'oiedie; 

 derived from, v. 454. 



Stagira, i. 301. 



Stagmint, v. 209. 



Stagonia, iii. 128. 



Stagonitis, iii. 152. 



Stags, an account of, ii. 299- 

 302 — ruminate, 549— mag 

 gots in their brain, iii. 48 

 — with four kidneys, 73. 



Stag-wolf, ii. 284. 



Stakes, iii. 495. 



Stalactites, v. 482. 



Standard of tlie Roman le- 

 gions, ii 485, 486. 



Stanko, i. 484. 



Stannum. vi. 212, 214, 215. 



Staphis, iv. 464. 



Staphyle, iv. 466, 467. 



Staphylinos, iv. 218, 219. 



Staphylodendron, iii. 368. 



Staphylus, i. 373. 



Starch, iv. 19, 20. 446. 



Stai-fish, ii. 458, 474. 



Starlings, ii. 506, 507, 524. 



Stars, an accoimt of the, i. 

 19, 20, 23, 25-31, 35, 36, 42- 

 50, 52, 53, 59, 64— first ob- 

 servations of the, ii. 235 

 — their influence on fish, 

 397 — arrangement of, ac- 

 cording to days and nights, 

 iv. 74- 77^rising and set- 

 ting of, 77, 78-prognos- 

 tics derived from, 120,121. 



Star-thistle, iv. 401. 



Statice, v. 172, 173. 



Statine wine, iii. 241 ; iv 



471. 

 Statonian wine, iii. 242. 

 Statue, plants growing on 



tiie head of, v. 68, 69. 

 Statues, of gold, vi. 105, 106 

 — of silver, 136, 137— of 

 brass, 154-158 — of iron, 

 206-the heads of,changed, 

 224. 

 Statyellae, v. 472. 

 Steatitis, vi. 458. 



Steatomata, v. 110. 

 Stelephuros, iv. 357. 

 Stelis, iii. 434. 

 Stellio, iii. 31 ; v. 397, 402, 



403 — figurative use of the, 



name, v. 451. 

 Stemmata, vi. 278. 

 Stems of plants, iv. or>'>, .S.56. 

 Stephaneplocos, iv. 3<)5 ; vi. 



273. 

 Stephanomelis, v. 205. 

 Stephanus, vi. 318. 

 Stephanusa, vi. 177. • 

 Stergethron, v. 144. 

 Sterile trees, iii. 202. 

 Sterility, iv, 97-101— reme- 

 dies for, iv. 101, 102. 

 Stertinius, Q., v. 373. 

 Stesichorus, ii.510. 

 Sthenelus, Acilius, iii. 234, 



235. 

 Sthennis, vi. 169, 187. 

 Stibi, vi. 115, 116. 

 Stilo, iElius, ii 477. 

 Stimmi, vi. 115, 116. 

 Sting-ray. See " Pastinaca." 

 " Stipendium,"' meaning of 



the word, vi. 89. 

 Stobolon, iii. 132. 

 Stobrum, iii. 135, 136. 

 Stoebe, iv. 401. 

 Stoechades, i. 212. 

 Stoechas, v. 169, 266. 

 " Stolo," origin of the name, 



iii. 440. 

 Stolo, Licinius, iv. 8. 

 Stomach, an account of the, 



iii. 64 — remedies for pains 



and aflfecfcions of, v. 164, 



165, 344, 437, 438. 

 Stomatice, iv. 499, 509, 510, 



511 ; v. 38. 

 Storaoma, vi. 194, 195. 

 Stone, reproduction of, vi. 



358. 

 Stone of Armenia, vi. 327. 

 Stone of Assos, vi. 357, 358. 

 Stone of Naxos, vi. 327. 

 Stone of Scyros, vi. 357. 

 Stone of Siphnos, vi. 368. 

 ^tone of Tibur, vi. 324. 

 Stone-crop, iv. 411 ; v. 144. 

 Stone-moss, v. 254. 

 Stone-quarries, when first 



opened, ii. 223. 

 Stones of fruit, iii. 326, 327. 

 Stones, showers of, i. 66. 

 Stonework, various kinds of, 



vi. 372, 373. 

 Storax, iii. 136, 151, 152 ; v. 



11. 

 Storks, ii. 501, 502, 503, 508. 

 •' Strabo," meaning of the 



name, ii. 147 ; iii. 53. 

 Strabo, his acute vision, ii. 



162. 



