Note 1797 — BOOK XVI.

Mundus (quasi movendus, quod moveri potest), which seems at first to have had the meaning in the text, came afterward to be applied particularly to the necessary appendages of women, unguents, cosmetics, mirrors, vessels for the bath, etc.; and hence the word muliebris is generally added. It differs from ornatus, which is applied to rings, bracelets, earrings, jewels, head-gear, ribbons, etc. (Cf. Liv., xxxiv., 7.) Hence the usual formula of wills, "Uxori meæ vestem, mundum muliebrem, ornamenta omnia, aurum, argentum, do, lego." Penus is properly applied to all "household stores laid up for future use;" hence penitus, penetro, and penates. Cf. Virg., Æn., i., 704, "Cura penum struere."