Note 348 — Chapter III · THE THIRTY-FIVE TRIBES
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Law of the Twelve Tables, in Gell. xvi. 10. 5; Schöll, Leg. Duod. Tab. Rel. 116; Bruns, Font. iur. 18 f.; Cic. Rosc. Am. 18. 51; Att. iv. 8 a. 3; Fest. ep. 9; Charis. p. 75 (Keil). The derivation from ab asse dando proposed by Aelius Stilo, though absurd, was accepted by Cic. Rep. ii. 22. 40; Top. 2. 10; Fest. ep. 9 (as an alternative); Isid. Etym. x. 27; Quint. Inst. v. 10. 55. The derivation ab assidendo is nearer the truth; Vaniček, Griech.-lat. Wörterb. 1012; Lange, Röm. Alt. i. 466; Mommsen, Röm. Staatsr. iii. 237 f.; Kubitschek, in Pauly-Wissowa, Real-Encycl. i. 426. See also Varro, De vit. pop. rom. i, in Non. Marc. 67; Gell. xix. 8. 15.