Note 315 — LECTURE XVII, XVIII. Of Satire.
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Mons. Dacier, who borrow'd the Observation from Is. Casaubon, should have mention'd some Authority for this Expression of Leges Saturæ; because Vossius, who allows the like Use of the Word, yet questions the Grammarians in this Instance. Festus cites, Imperium, quod Plebes per saturam dederat, id abrogatum est. Again, Dein postero die, quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis, in deditionem accipitur, "ubi per saturam valet collectim ac raptim. At non video, says Vossius, ut hinc colligi possit, fuisse Romanis legem ullam, quæ satura diceretur."