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 post, the imperial, I. 159

pot-herb, in a golden dish, I. 165

presents between friends, I. 267

private and public usages compared, I. 269

processions, II. 217

proclamation at the Games, I. 111

procurators, I. 203, 239

property valuation, I. 277

prophecies, II. 67, 165; children of prophets, I. 23

prosperity too great, II. 23 ff.

proverbs, see I. 43, axe of Tenedos, I. 19; with tips of lips, I. 2, II. 102; open the eyes, I. 80; a man we can play odd and even with in the dark (Cicero too), I. 99; against the stream, u. 47; domestica testimonia, I. 100; €i« Uvppaluiv Kea\i)v, I. 124; amici mores noveris non oderis (scurrarum proverbium), I. 131; ti enl rfj aiefj /xvpov (Varro and Cicero), II. 273; tov avTov ircu^eiv $ca\ cmovSd^etv, II. 92; ante gestum post relatum (Cicero too), II. 122; rostro supino, II. 122, touching pitch, I. 64; neque arae neque foci nee viae, quod volgo aiunt, . . . usurpantur, F. I. 114; facilis ad lubrica lapsus, II. 112; ef otKov «5 oIkov (Appian), I. 268

Providence, II. 225

provinces, lots for, I. 2S7

Prytaneum, I. 270

puns and assonance (see also alliteration), on name Verus? F. I. 62, 241; iugum, F. II. 26; Venetus venierit, F. II. 90; legere, M. I. 76; caput capita, M. I. 130; valeo, Si. I. 54; providence, II. 225; volpem. . . voluptatem, F. II. 6; gravatius. . . gratius, F. II. 204; suavis. . . saviata, F. I. 232; oris atque orationis, F. II. 238; videri, F. II. 12; adversis avertamur, F. II. 226; virum. . . verum, F. I. 62; decessero. . . defecero, M. I. 112; in spurious letters, Avidius. . . avidus, Verus. . . verum, II. 303, 314, see also p. 292

pyrrhio reel, I. 99

quaestor of Fronto (? his brother), I. 115

quails, their flight, II. 67

Quindecimvirs and sacred books, II. 135

races in the stadium, i. 149

reason, no temple to, I. 89; compared with Fortune, ibid.; reason and intuition (impetus), i. 89

recommendations and testimonials to friends, I. 285

redness of fire, blood, shell fish saffron, gold, II. 263

reeds, II. 181

relegatio, II. 181

religious town (Anagnia), I. 175

rescripts, I. 220,? l. 304

revolution welcome to poor and needy (Sallust), II. 169

rheumatism, Fronto's, II. 153, and see under Fronto.

rhythm (prose) in Fronto's sentences, I 102, last two lines; 164, 11. 20, 21; 222, 11. 19, 20; 302, 11. 8, 9,; II. 134, last line; 136, first line, II. 62, lines 15, 16. See also Brock, Studies in Fronto, p. 143

ring of Polycrates, II. 25

rings of knights at Cannae, II. 29

Roman defeats, II. 21, 23

rostrum, II. 43, 65

rowers, time given to, II. 5, II. 39

rowing(?), taken from Nature, II. 201

rudders, Fortunes represented with, II. 105; the helm of State, II. 250

rustic chaff, I. 163; talk, I. 151

rusticatio MeT» voKiTelas, II. 156

Sabine women, rape of, II. 11

sacrificing, I. 27, 45, 181, II. 165 (Sallust); thank offering and sin offering, I. 23

salutation, morning and evening, II. 250

saffron water sprinkled In theatre, II. 65

schemata, II. 40, 86, II. 77, 158 363