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Plaut., Epid., v., 2, 62. It is here put by enallage for the pap itself; as _lallare_, in the next line, for the
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of the nurse, which Ausonius calls _lallum_. Epist. xvi., 90,
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Nutricis inter lemmata lallique somniferos modos. Cf. Hieron., Epist. xiv., 8,
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Antiquum referens mammæ lallare.
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Quid solidum crepet.
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Idoneus arti cuilibet; argillâ quidvis imitaberis udâ. A. P., 163,
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Cereus in vitium flecti.
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Currente rotâ cur urceus uxit. Plaut., Epid., III., ii., 35,
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Vorsutior es quam rota figularis.
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Sacras facitis mensas salinorum appositu. ) Hence the salt-cellar became an heir-loom, and descended from father to son. (Hor., ii., Od. xvi., 13,
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Vivitur parvo bene cui paternum splendet in mensâ tenui salinum. ) Even in the most frugal times, it formed part, sometimes the only piece, of family-plate. Pliny says that the
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xxxiii., 12, 54; and in the greatest emergencies, as e. g., A.U.C. 542, when all were called upon to sacrifice their plate for the public service, the salt-cellar and paten were still allowed to be retained. Liv., xxvi., 36,
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Ut senatores salinum, patellamque deorum causâ habere possint. Cf. Val. Max., IV., iv., 3,
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In C. Fabricii et Q. Æmilii Papi domibus argentum fuisse confiteor; uterque enim patellam deorum et salinum habuit.