﻿128 THE AGE OF PETROXIUS ARBITER. 



— c. 58. 5, 7iec non cresco ; — c. 58. 4, videbo te in publicum ; c. 58. 13, majorem male- 

 dicas for majorl. 



Niceros, another guest at Trimalchio's banquet, uses, c. 62. 13, hovis for bos ; — 

 c. Gl. 4, ridetur for ridet ; c. 61. 8, fefellitiis sum for falsus sum; — c. 62. 14, hoc de 

 for de hoc ; — c. 62. 1, Capuae exierat for Capua exierat ; c. 62. 2, 2}ersuadeo hospitem 

 for hospiti ; c. 62. 11, 7iobis adjutasses for nos. 



Habinnas, the friend and colleague of Triraalcliio, at whose banquet he appears un- 

 expectedly with his wife, Scmtilla, uses, c. 66. 3, excellente for exceUens (see c. 45. 4), 

 and, c. 66. 4, si aliquid muneris meo vernulae non tulero for nisi quid nmneris meo ver- 

 nulae tulero. The wife, Scintilla, uses, c. 69. 1, stigmam for stigma, Avhile Fortunata, 

 the wife of Trimalchio, use's, c. 67. 5, est in the sense of licet, — Est te, inquit, videre? 



One of Trimalchio's guests, who is not mentioned by name, uses, c. 38. 1, lacte for 

 lac; c. 41. 11, balncus for balneum; c. 41. 12, vinus for vinum ; — c. 37. 8, argentum 

 plus for argenti. 



Bargates, the steward of a building, says, c. 96. 7, maledic illam for illi. 



Quartilla, although emlently a woman of education, uses, c. 19. 2, the expression, 

 Idea vetui hodie in hoc deversorio quemquam mortalium admitti for in deversorium. Two 

 more persons of a humble rank are to be mentioned; one a farmer, who, c. 116. 4, 

 uses the expression O mi hospites for mei ; and the other an old woman, who, c. 131. 7, 

 says, Vides, Chrysis mea, vides, quod aliis leporem excitavi for vides me aliis leporem 

 excitasse ; and, c. 134. 8, introduces a most m-egular anacoluthon: hunc adolescentem, 

 quem vides, malo astro natus est. 



If we examine this pretty complete list of grammatical forms, which are more or less 

 departures from the establislied. classical usage of the language, we find that, besides 

 those which must unhesitatingly be acknowledged as solecisms and vidgarisms, there 

 remain a considerable number of antiquated forms, which, no longer in use among the 

 cidtivated in the age of Cicero, and even earlier, remained still in the mouth of the 

 people. 



To the former class belong the following expressions : balneus for balneum, c. 41. 11 ; 

 vinus* for vinum, c. 41. 12; excellente for exceUens, c. 45. 4 and c. 66. 3; stigmam for 

 stigma, c. 45. 9 and c. 69. 1 ; libra nibricata for libros rubricatos, c. 46. 7 ; thesaurum 

 for thesaurus, c. 46. 8; athla for athlon, c. 57. 11 ; qffla for oj'ula, c. 58. 2; Athana-f for 



* Natural as it is to expect a more frequent occurrence of this form vinus, since it resembles more closely 

 the Greek form, alms, from which it is derived, I know of no other instance. 



+ This form is characteristic. It is well known that the Greek colonies of Middle and Lower Italy were 

 chiefly of the Doric tribe ; hence this Doric form Athana. 



