many others. -- MILONIS: the most famous of the Greek athletes. He lived at
the end of the sixth century B.C., and the praises of his victories were
sung by Simonides. It was under his leadership that his native city Croton,
in Magna Graecia, attacked and destroyed Sybaris. Many stories are told by
the ancients about his feats of strength (see 33), and about his power of
consuming food. He is said to have been a prominent disciple of Pythagoras.
-- ILLACRIMANS: beware of spelling _lacrima_ with either _ch_ for _c_ or
_y_ for _i_; these spellings are without justification. The _y_ rests on
the absurd assumption that the Latins borrowed their word _lacrima_
straight from the Greek δακρυ. -- DIXISSE: combinations like _dicitur
dixisse_ are exceedingly rare in good Latin. Cicero nearly always uses two
different verbs; _i.e._ he says _aiunt dicere_ and the like. -- AT: there
is an ellipsis here such as 'those young men's muscles are powerful but
...'. This elliptic use of _at_ is common in sudden exclamations of grief,
annoyance, surprise etc. -- VERO: this is common in emphatic replies,
whether the reply convey assent, or, as here, a retort. The usage is well
illustrated in Nägelsbach's Stilistik, § 197, 2. -- TAM: _sc. mortui sunt_.
-- NUGATOR: _nugari_ = ληρειν, 'to trifle'. -- EX TE: Cato here identifies
a man's person with his soul and intellect, the body being regarded as a
mere dress; cf. Rep. 6, 26 _mens cuiusque is est quisque_. _Ex te_,
literally, 'out of yourself', _i.e._ 'from your real self's resources'. --
LATERIBUS: see n. on 14. -- AELIUS: his _cognomen_ was Paetus; he was
consul in 198, and censor in 194 B.C. He was one of the earliest and most
famous writers on Roman Law. His great commentary on the XII tables is
often referred to by Cicero, who several times quotes Ennius' line about
him. -- _egregie cordatus homo catus Aelius Sextus_. -- TALE: _sc. dixit_.
-- CORUNCANIUS: n. on 15. -- P. CRASSUS: consul in 205 B.C. with the elder
Africanus; pontifex maximus from 212 to his death in 183. He was famous
both as a lawyer (see below, 50; also Liv. 30, 1, 5 _iuris pontifici
peritissimus_) and as a statesman (see 61). _Modo_ therefore covers a space