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(141) of rude ware made within recent years in the Lewis; oval 

 brass badge of the Nithsdale local militia. There is also a small 

 collection of specimens of hand-made lace from England, France, 

 and Italy. A few pieces are old, but not of any great value. 

 The most interesting is a small piece of French Nun's or 

 Valenciennes lace, the mesh of which is plaited throughout. 



5. Latin Notes. 

 By Edward J. Chinnock, M.A., LL.B. 

 In the course of my reading I have recently come across the 

 following peculiar expressions and words, of which I find no 

 notice in the dictionaries : — 



1. Adremigare, assist in a sea battle. Florus ii., 8, 12 : — 

 Classis regia Polyaenidae Annabalique commissa, duce Aemilio 

 Regillo, adremigantibus Ilhodiis tota laceratur. 



2. Cautus, safe. Ammianus xxii., 1, 3 : — Nee enim cautum 

 ducebat conjecturis credere, forsitan in contrarium erupturis. 



3. Ergastuli detrimenta, off-scourinys of a workhouse. Curtius 

 v., 18 : — Liberi in flore et aetatis et rerum agnoscent patres 

 ergastuli detrimenta ? 



4. Interrogatiuncula, a short examination. Ammianus xxix., 

 1, 25 : — Primo introvocatu post interrogatiunculas leves Pergamus 

 a Palladio, ut dictum est, proditus. 



5. Maris otia, seaside holiday resorts. Florus i., 16, 4 : — Nihil 

 hospitalius mari : hie illi nobiles portus Caieta, Misenus, tepentes 

 fontibus Baiae, Lucrinus et Avernus, quaedam maris otia. 



6. Morator, a marauding straggler, Curtius iv., 40 : — Sed 

 Persarum moratores erant, mille ferme, qui speciem magni agminis 

 fecerant. 



7. Peculiariter, as 2->'>"ivate proi^erty. Ampelius, 20 : — Fabii 

 bellum Veiens jjeculiariter sibi depoposcerunt. This meaning is 

 assigned to the word by the great jurist, Paulus (Dig. 41, 2, 3). 



8. Repagulum (in the singular). Ammianus xvi., 12, 38 : — 

 Igitiir cum equites nihil praeter fugae circumspectantes praesidia 

 vidisset longins Caesar, concito equo, eos velut repagulum 

 quoddam cohibuit. This word is frequently used by Cicero, but 

 only in the plural, bolts, bars, restraints. 



9. Rumorum aucupes, pickers up of rumours, eaves-dropj)ers. 



