[175] vescas frondes siccas et teneras; nam vescum hoc est proprie: unde et telae aranearum vescae nominantur. et aliter: 'vescas' teneras et exiles: nam 'vescum' apud antiquos significabat macrum et quasi quod escam non reciperet: Afranius in sororibus "an puer est vescus, inbecillus viribus". sed vide ne 'vescas' appeti- biles dixerit: Lucretius certe pro edace posuit, ut "vesco sale saxa peresa".
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