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1 Plin. 13. 55; 24. 91. 



- ffToixe'iv: cf. 3. 5. 3 ; Plin. 13. 55. 



^ ^orpvciSes conj. W. ; $orpvriS6v U; ^orpvo6v Aid. 



* 6 povs masc. cf. Diosc. 1. 108. 



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