126 On the WTILITT of defining 



41 Janitores ducentos in annos fingulos ftipatores corporis con- 

 u (limit, eofdeni miniftros et fatellites poteftatis *." 



Socius differs from the two former words in implying, that 

 parity of rank fubfifts between the parties, and that each has an 

 equal right to enjoy the good that belongs to their common 

 concern, and is under an equal obligation to take a mare of its 

 evils. The foetus is actuated, not by refpect to a fuperior, but 

 by love to a party, in the fuccefs of which he feels that he has 

 an intereft. " Nam focii putandi quos inter res communicata 

 " eft f." — " Sed me mo vet unus vir, cujus fugientis comes, 

 " rempublicam recuperantis focius videor efTe debere %," The 

 fentiment of refpectful affection expreffed towards the fugitive 

 in adverfe times, is held the foundation of a claim to become 

 his ally in times that were profperous. 



It is to be obferved, that the perfonal attendance neceflary 

 to preferve the relation between comites and fatellites, and thofe 

 with whom they are refpectively connected, may be difpenfed 

 with in the cafe of focii. When the terms of the alliance are 

 defined, any mode of communication is fufficient to maintain 

 it. The fame perfons, too, may, at the fame time, be confider- 

 ed both as focii and comites. In the one cafe, they are regarded 

 as having a common fate with their leader, and in the other, 

 as aflociating with their friend in a common adventure. Thus, 

 Teucer is made to addrefs his comites, or followers, by the en- 

 dearing appellation of focii alfo. 



Quo nos cunque feret melior fortuna parente 

 Ibimus, O focii comitefquc §. 



Sod a lis agrees with focius in fuppofing thofe connected to 

 be upon an equal footing, but differs from it in refpect to 



the 



* Cic. Rull.72.^. t Cic. Ep. An. 132. a. 



f Cic. Ver. 3. 50. § Hor- Car. 1. 7. 25. 



