Note 25 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
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far modicum: Modicum with a sneer. The young man keeps up a show of Stoic moderation.—salinum—patella: two articles of plate, to which every respectable family aspired. Compare the apostle-spoons and the candle-cup of the Elizabethan period. The salinum and the patella were exempt, when all other gold and silver plate was called for to meet the necessities of the state.—purum et sine labe: literally and metaphorically.