Book X
I
Whether one ought to say
tertium consul or
tertio; and how Gnaeus Pompeius, when he would inscribe his honours on the theatre which he was about to dedicate, by Cicero's advice evaded the difficulty in the use of that word
213
II
What Aristotle has recorded about the number of children born at one time
217
III
A collection of famous passages from the speeches of Gaius Gracchus, Marcus Cicero and Marcus Cato, and a comparison of them
219
IV
How Publius Nigidius with great cleverness showed that words are not arbitrary, but natural
229
V
Whether
avarus is a single word or, as it appears to Publius Nigidius, a compound, made up of two parts
231
VI
That a fine was imposed by the plebeian aediles on the daughter of Appius Claudius, a woman of rank, because she spoke too arrogantly
231
VII
Marcus Varro, I remember, writes that of the rivers which flow outside the limits of the Roman empire the Nile is first in size, the Danube second, and next the Rhone
233
VIII
That among the ignominious punishments which are inflicted upon soldiers was the letting of blood; and what seems to be the reason for such a penalty
235
IX
In what way, and in what form, the Roman army is commonly drawn up, and the names of the formations
235 [p. xxiii]
X
The reason why the ancient Greeks and Romans wore a ring on the next to the last finger of the left hand
237
XI
The derivation and meaning of the word
mature, and that it is generally used improperly; and also that the genitive of
praecox is
praecccis and not
praecoquis 239
XII
Of extravagant tales which Plinius Secundus most unjustly ascribes to the philosopher Democritus; and also about the flying image of a dove
241
XIII
On what principle the ancients said
cum partim hominum 245
XIV
In what connection Cato said
iniuria mihi factum itur 247
XV
Of the ceremonies of the priest and priestess of Jupiter; and words quoted from the praetor's edict, in which he declares that he will not compel either the Vestal virgins or the priest of Jupiter to take oath
249
XVI
Errors in Roman history which Julius Hyginus noted in Virgil's sixth book
255
XVII
Why and how the philosopher Democritus deprived himself of his eyesight; and the very fine and elegant verses of Laberius on that subject
259
XVIII
The story of Artemisia; and of the contest at the tomb of Mausolus in which celebrated writers took part
261
XIX
That a sin is not removed or lessened by citing in excuse similar sins which others have committed; with a passage from a speech of Demosthenes on that subject
265
XX
The meaning of
rogatio, lex, plebiscitum and
privilegium, and to what extent all these terms differ
267
XXI
Why Marcus Cato very scrupulously avoided any use of the words
novissime and
novissimus 271 [p. xxv]
XXII
A passage taken from Plato's book entitled
Gorgias, on the abuse of false philosophy, with which those who are ignorant of the rewards of true philosophy assail philosophers without reason
273
XXIII
A passage from a speech of Marcus Cato on the mode of life and manners of women of the olden time; and also that the husband had the right to kill his wife, if she were taken in adultery
277
XXIV
That the most elegant speakers used the expressions
die pristini, die crastini, die quarti, and
die quinti, not those which are current now
281
XXV
The names of certain weapons, darts and swords, and also of boats and ships, which are found in the books of the early writers
285
XXVI
That Asinius Pollio showed ignorance in criticizing Sallust for using
transgressus (crossing) for
transfretatio (crossing the sea) and
transgressi (those who had crossed) for
qui transfretaverant (those who had crossed the sea)
287
XXVII
A story of the Roman and the Carthaginian people, showing that they were rivals of nearly equal strength
291
XXVIII
About the limits of the periods of boyhood, manhood and old age, taken from the
History of Tubero
293
XXIX
That the particle
atque is not only conjunctive, but has many and varied meanings
293 
