Note 289 — FIRST SECTION. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Rerum Gestarum bk. XIV. ch. 19.—Petronius, Satir., ch. 68., says of a slave: duo tamen vitia habet, quae si non haberet, esset omnium nummorum: recutitus est et stertit. (Yet has he two faults, lacking which he would be a man above price: he is circumcised and he snorts.)—Terence, Eunuch., Act V. sc 1. v. 53, Fatuus et insulsus, bardus, stertit noctes et dies. Neque istum metuas ne amet mulier. (Foolish and silly, a stupid fellow, he snores all night and all day. Have no fear that a woman could love him.)