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jam imbutus ufu *." Injiitutus here denotes, that a good 

 foundation had been laid upon which the fcholar's progrefs 

 refts ; and imbutus, that by habit he had acquired fuch predif- 

 pofitions, as fit him to advance in that line of ftudy which the 

 orator chalks out. 



When Horace dates the good qualities of a flave expofed 

 to fale, he fays he was 



Literulis Grascis imbutus, idoneus arti 

 Guilibet : argilla quidvis imitaberis uda f. 



Though the power of the diminutive in the noun falls properly 

 on the participle, yet no ambiguity is thereby produced in re- 

 fpect to the meaning of imbutus. From the words that follow, 

 it evidently implies, that the fmattering of Greek literature 

 acquired by the Have, fitted him for making further profi- 

 ciency. 



Errare, vagari, palari, agree in denoting the uncer- 

 tainty of thofe who have moved as to the point at which their 

 motion is to terminate, but differ in refpecl, either to the 

 ground of the uncertainty, or to the number of thofe involved 

 in it. Errare properly fignifies to wander, or to deviate from 

 the path leading to a certain point which it is propofed to 

 reach. It fuppofes, that both before and during the act of 

 moving, an intention exifted of coming to a certain place, but 

 that this intention is fruftrated from ignorance of the road 

 that leads to it. " Quae tot veftigiis imprefTa, ut in his errari 

 xt non poffit %? 



Paflibus ambiguis fortuna volubilis errat, 

 Et manet in nullo certa tenaxque loco §. 



procul avius err as **. 



02 " Maxime 



* Cic. de Or. 123. b. § Ov. Met. 3. 175. 



f Hor. Ep. 2. 2. 7. ** Lucret. 2. 739, 



% Cic. Ep. Fam. 5. 20. 



