Note 1705 — BOOK VII.
Lewis Evans translation
Cinctus is sometimes put for a soldier. Plin., vii., Ep. 25. Juv., xvi., 48.
The Rorarii were light companies who advanced before the line, and began the battle with slings and stones; so called from ros. "Quod ante rorat quam pluit." Cf. Varro, L. L., vi., 3. Liv., viii., 8. The Velites, from vexillum.