66 Rev. Mr Wriutrams on the Force of the prefix Ve or Ve 
grandia, and small grain they call vesea. If such be the force 
of the word, why should I not suspect that the temple of Ve- 
jovis is the temple of Jovis, not large,” (of the little Jupiter). 
Ovrp probably derived this information from the works or con- 
versation of Verrius Fxaccus, the learned grammarian, to whom 
Aveustus entrusted the education of his grandsons Lucius and 
Carus Cmsar*. On that occasion, he transferred the whole body 
of his then existing pupils to the Palatium, on condition that no 
new member was to be admitted. It was undoubtedly owing to 
the advantages of his new situation, of his increased and in- 
creasing leisure, and the boundless command of books in the Pa- 
latine Library, that he was enabled to accomplish his great work 
“ De Verborum Significatione,” which can be regarded in no other 
light than an Encyclopedia, containing an explanation of every 
word connected with the language, the laws, the religion, and 
the public and domestic life of the ancient Romans. As he had 
before him the works of Caro}, of Varro j, of Jutius Casar ||, 
of Messava §, of Appius Cuaupius Puucuer ¥, of Susnius Ca- 
prto,**, and of others who had treated of such subjects, and who 
had all the opportunities of gaining the requisite knowledge, 
there cannot be a doubt that he had embodied in it all that 
could be known on such subjects, by men, to whom one great 
* « Ab AucusTo nepotibus ejus preceptor electus transiit in Palatium cum tota 
schola, verum ut ne quem amplius posthac discipulum reciperet.”—Surr. De Gram. 
+ Caro, his “ Origines,” and many other dissertations on similar subjects. 
+ Varro, his great work “ De Lingua Latina,” of which we still have a portion. 
|| Jutrvus Casar, his work “ On the Analogy of the Latin Language.” 
§ The eloquent Messata of Horacr, called also by him Corvinus. He wrote 
a book “* In Explanatione Auguriorum, &c. duodecim tabularum;” also, “ De 
Dictis involute.” 
4] Ciaupivs Purcner, he wrote a book concerning “ Scientia Auguralis.” 
** Stnnius Capito. 
