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co\ 9 fttAiicra 
Olocv v AEKAHOTN to STOlXEION A iwccfs 
X'Wpeiv ercrt S'ararvov. 
I 
tibi autem curcc erit 
Quando fuerit decern pedum elementum pingue 
(unShim) ire ad ccenam. 
Upon which word AEKAnOTN, the fcholiaft ob- 
ferves, y t& HA/y cntidi olccy v S'excc vrodtev’ Q : Aet vv 
araav ole yifvelco o ’ U . AAA ojs to ttocAcuov xccAuvlss \tAi 
da-zcrvov Xj xocAiyfyjoi Trct^iaYifxocLvovlo r axixi’y £ Sites 01 
jmev 5/j.evov t r ds xAnSrevlctSy 01 5 dwhscrciv erj\ rds ecp'ixaas, 
ovSeiTte rvpvaetes ( Vid. Cafaab. \n Athenaeum , p 425.49.) 
»t eO / V j /£■ 'pi ^ , 3 / <•/ 
urns tls^ccSj cc(p vs oiov re yv rexjxypctSK as Trorcts codecs 
ofoy jc«. Qua?ido Solis umbra fit decern pedes longa , 
q. d. quando fero ft. Aliter ; antiquitus ad ccenam 
invitantes & invitati umbram notabant , unde hi in - 
vitatos manebanty illi ad convivia Je conferebant y 
qnum nulla alia efjet obfervandi ratio, qua indicium 
Jumerent quot boras jam dies declinajfet. And Hefy- 
chius likewife informs us, that to/s ttoA xocls/xirpow 
rds cyids tev rds do pees efivoocxov. 
And that twelve was the whole graduation, and 
twelve feet the longed lhadow in dials of this form, 
may be collected, I think, from this epigram, cited 
by'Salmafus, on Solinus (49): 
flpdco v rxorjiofe ro(pov CTYiftavlopct %ccAxev 
Au%s 6x MONAAOX fx& AraAEKA AOS. 
(49) Plin. Exercit. p. 634. 
And 
