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was fearful that your modesty might have declined 
receiving that tribute, which, in my opinion at least, 
you have every right to receive. I beg the favour 
of you, when you have occasion to look into the 
glossary, to note in the margin any errors or doubts 
that you observe, in order that a second edition 
may be more correct. If you wish for any copies 
to give away, they are at your service. You see by 
my letter that I have no scruple in asking your as- 
sistance. One-ranked does not strike me as a good 
term for secundus: at least Iam afraid it is too bold 
to venture on. I am still for the periphrasis. 
Iam satisfied with what you say about g/ader and 
levis. But what English term shall we adopt for 
the latter: ven or level are the only terms I can 
think of; and, if I forget not, you proposed the 
former of these, but they express nothing of free- 
dom from hairiness; for which reason I put smooth 
for glaber, and smooth and even for levis. 
Certainly most adjectives in osws have an unfa- 
vourable meaning. eljgzosus, however, has very 
frequently a good meaning in Cicero. ‘‘ Homines 
integri, innocentes, religiosi.” Iz Verrem. “ Huic 
ego testi gratias agam, quod et in reum misericor- 
dem se prebuit, et in testimonio religiosum.” Lz 
Cecinam. I do not know that Cicero or his con- 
temporaries use famosus in a good sense; but Pliny 
and Tacitus certainly do. 
Cicero generally uses g/oriosus in a good sense : 
as, “ Magnificum etiam illud, Romanisque homini- 
bus gloriosum.” De Divin. “ Illustria et gloriosa 
facta.” De Fin. 
