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Athene, c. 58. 7; suavius for siiavis, c. 61. '2; quisquilia for quisqiiih'ae, c. 75. 8; and 

 gusti for c/ustui, c. 76. 5; — delectaretur for dehctaret, c. 45. 7; vinciturum for victurum, 

 c. 45. 10 ; suholfacio for suhoJuit mihi, c. 45. 10 ; loquere for /o(yM«, and loquis for loque- 

 ris, c. 46. 1 ; i^udeatur* for pudeat, c. 47. 4; fasfidifum fov fastidivisse, c. 48. 4; jvVZm- 

 fwr for rideat, c. 57. 3 ; ridetur for JvWef, c. 61. 4; fefelUtus sum for falsus shdi, c. 61. 8; 

 amplexaret for amplexaretiir, c. 63. 8 ; delectaris for delecfas, c. 64. 2 ; defraiidit for (?e- 

 fraudat, c. 69. 2; som)iiatur-\ for somniat, c. 74. 14; and domata% for domifa, c. 74. 14; 

 — 5'm/(Z for <^?<orf, c. 50. 7; (/w/ff ewm for either </?<«« or ewim, c. 51. 6; malisto for »j^- 

 ^js^o, c. 57. 10; ^oc <?e§ for rfe /(oc, c. 62. 14; plus^ sciae for ???«^is sciae, c. 63. 9; ??e 

 mortuus quidem lites habeam,^ c. 74. 17; — postquam nos auferet Orcus for ahsiulerit, 

 c. 34. 10; argentum j^his** for argenti jjliis, c. 37. 8; ^jrae 7nala sua for ?««//« s?<is, 

 c. 39. 12, and j^cfle literas for Uteris, c. 46. 1 ; ^a»» 6o?«M5 for bonus, c. 42. 3 ; nemini 

 nihil honifacere oporfet for quidquam boni, c. 42. 7, and nemini nihil satis est for nemini 



* This must be considered an individual solecism, unless the passage in Plaut. Cas. 5. 2. 4, pudet, quod 

 prius non puditum unquam est, is to be considered as evidence of a more frequent use of the passive form. 



t Sed Mc, qui in pergula natus est, cedes non somniatur. This, being a proverb, is not to be supposed 

 to be of Trimalchio's making, and hence it might be supposed that this grammatical irregularity is not to be 

 ascribed to him ; unless it can be proved that the proverb is originally Greek, and ungrammatically translated 

 by Trimalchio. 



J It is highly probable that other writers used the form domatvs for domitus. We can infer this from the 

 existence of the noun domator for domitor ; cf. Tibull. 4. 1. 116, Te duce non alias conversus terga do- 

 mator Libera Romanae suljecit colla catervae. E. C. F. Wunderlich, in his note to this passage, says : 

 " Vocabulum domator suspectum erat Scaligero, sagacissimo viro : sed non ut Broukhusius putat, propter 

 formam ; nam et domitor et domator dixere veteres ; sed," etc. 



§ The passages which may be adduced to prove that the position of de afler Jwc is not an irregularity 

 peculiar to Niceros, differ in one important respect : the word governed by de is in every instance a relative 

 pronoun. Cf. Cic. de Invent. 1. 28. 41, et quod simile erit ei negotio, quo de agitur. Cic. in Verr. 2. 2. 

 12. 31, «i paret fundum Capenatem, quo de agitur, ex jure Quiritium P. Sercilii esse. Cic. pro Leg. 

 iMan. 16. 47, de hujus autem hominis felicitate, quo de nunc agimus, Jiac utar moderatiotie dicendi. 

 Paullus in Dig. 21. 2. 11, Ex his verbis stipulationis duplae vel simplae, eum homiiiem, quo de agitur, noxa 

 esse solutum, venditorem conveniri non posse propter eas noxas, quae piiblice coerceri solent. For this rea- 

 son, I deem it proper to consider the e.xpressien hoc de a solecism of Niceros's own making. 



1 Anthon explains pZiM as the accusative governed by sciae, " knowing more," as if sciae were used for 

 a participle like elSas. This appears to me untenable. Plus is used for magis. Cf. Nemesian. Eclog. 4. 72, 

 Plus tamen ecce mens, plus est formosus lolas. 



^ " Lest I have, even after my death, quarrels," ne being used adverbially in connection with quidem, and 

 at the same time as the conjunction. 



** This expression, though undoubtedly a solecism, occurs in another later writer. Cf. Lamprid. Ales. 

 Severus, c. 41, Et cum argentum in ministerio j}lus ducentis libris non haberet, etc. 



