126 On the UTILITY of defining 
“ Janitores ducentos in annos fingulos ftipatores corporis con- 
“ f{tituit, eofdem miniftros et /atellites poteftatis *.” 
Socius differs from the two former words in implying, that 
parity of rank fubfifts between the parties, and that each has an 
equal right to enjoy the good that belongs to their common 
concern, and is under an equal obligation to take a fhare of its 
evils. The /ocius is actuated, not by refpeét to a fuperior, but 
by love to a party, in the fuccefs of which he feels that he has 
an intereft. ‘‘ Nam /ocii putandi quos inter res communicata 
“* eft .”—“ Sed me movet unus vir, cujus fugientis comes, 
“ rempublicam recuperantis /ocius videor effe debere {.”? The 
fentiment of refpectful affection expreffed towards the fugitive 
in adverfe times, is held the foundation of a claim to become 
his ally in times that were profperous. 
Ir is to be obferved, that the perfonal attendance neceflary 
to preferve the relation between comites and /atellites, and thofe 
with whom they are refpectively connected, may be difpenfed 
with in the cafe of /ocii. When the terms of the alliance are 
defined, any mode of communication is fufficient to maintain 
it. The fame perfons, too, may, at the fame time, be confider- 
ed both as foci and comites. In the one cafe, they are regarded 
as having a common fate with their leader, and in the other, 
as affociating with their friend in a common adventure. Thus, 
TeEucER is made to addrefs his comites, or followers, by the en- 
dearing appellation of /oczi alfo. 
Quo nos cunque feret melior fortuna parente 
Ibimus, O /ocit comite/que §. 
SoDALis agrees with /ocius in fuppofing thofe connected to 
. be upon an equal footing, but differs from it in refpeét to 
the 
* Cic. Rull. 72.4. t Cic. Ep. Att. 132. a. 
} Cic. Ver. 3. 50. § HorsCar. 1 7. 25. 
