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** jam imbutus ufa*.’’? Infiitutus here denotes, that a good 
foundation had been laid upon which the fcholar’s progrefs 
refts ; and imbutus, that by habit he had acquired fuch predif- 
pofitions, as fit him to advance in that line of ftudy which the 
orator chalks out. 
Wuen Horace ftates the good qualities of a flave expofed 
to fale, he fays he was 
Literulis Grecis zmbutus, idoneus arti 
Cuilibet : argilla quidvis imitaberis uda +. 
Though the power of the diminutive in the noun falls properly 
on the participle, yet no ambiguity is thereby produced in re- 
{pea to the meaning of zmbutus. From the words that follow, 
it evidently implies, that the {mattering of Greek literature 
acquired by the flave, fitted him for making further profi- 
ciency. 
ERRARE, VAGARI, PALARI, agree in denoting the uncer- 
tainty of thofe who have moved as to the point at which their 
motion is to terminate, but differ in refpet, either to the 
ground of the uncertainty, or to the number of thofe involved 
in it. LErrare properly fignifies to wander, or to deviate from 
the path leading to a certain point which it is propofed to 
reach. It fuppofes, that both before and during the act of 
moving, an intention exifted of coming toa certain place, but 
that this intention is fruftrated from ignorance of the road 
that leads to it. ‘‘ Que tot veftigiis impreffa, ut in his errart 
“ non poflit {.” 
Paflibus ambiguis fortuna volubilis erat, 
Et manet in nullo certa tenaxque loco §. 
— procul avius evras **, 
02 “ Maxime 
* Cic. de Or. 123. b. § Ov. Met. 3. 175. 
+ Hor. Ep. 2. 2. 7. ** Lucret. 2. 739: 
$ Cic. Ep. Fam. 5. 20: 
