Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights
John C. Rolfe, Ed.

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[p. xxxv]

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XVII

That humanitas does not mean what the common people think, but those who have spoken pure Latin have given the word a more restricted meaning 457

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XVIII

The meaning of Marcus Cato's phrase “betwixt mouth and morsel” 459

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XIX

That Plato attributes a line of Sophocles to Euripides; and some other matters of the same kind 461

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XX

Of the lineage and names of the Porcian family 463

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XXI

That the most elegant writers pay more attention to the pleasing sound of words and phrases (what the Greeks call εὐφωνία, or “euphony”) than to the rules and precepts devised by the grammarians 467

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XXII

The words of Titus Castricius to his young pupils on unbecoming clothes and shoes 477

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XXIII

Of the Nerio of Mars in ancient prayers 479

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XXIV

Remarks of Marcus Cato, who declared that he lacked many things, yet desired nothing 485

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XXV

The meaning of manubiae is asked and discussed; with some observations as to the propriety of using several words of the same meaning 487

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XXVI

A passage of Publius Nigidius, in which he says that in Valeri, the vocative case of the name Valerius, the first syllable should have an acute accent; with other remarks of the same writer on correct writing 501

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XXVII

Of verses of Homer and Parthenius which Virgil seems to have followed 503

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XXVIII

Of an opinion of the philosopher Panaetius, which he expressed in his second book On Duties, where he urges men to be alert and prepared to guard against injuries on all occasions 505