Vitellius, emperor, p. [11], ℞ [189], [193], [317]
VITELLUS OVI, yolk of egg; also very young calf. “Calf’s sweetbreads”—Danneil
Vollmer, F., editor, commentator, Apiciana No. [21], [23], [27], pp. [13], [18], [19], [273]
Vossius, G. J., philologist, on Coelius, p. [266]
VULVA, sow’s matrix, womb; —ULA, small v., ℞ [59], [251-54], [256]. Was considered a delicacy. Pliny, Martial and Plutarch wrote at length on the subject. The humane Plutarch tells of revolting detail in connection with the slaughter of swine in order to obtain just the kind of V. that was considered the best
Cf. Pliny, Hist. Nat., VIII, 51; XI, 37, 84, 54; Plutarch’s essay on flesh eating, Martial, Ep. XII, 56 and VII, 19
WEIGHTS. LIBRAE, scale, balance. LIBRA—pound—lb—12 ounces, equivalent to one AS
UNCIA, an ounce, properly the twelfth part of any unit, also any small bit
SCRIPULUM, or SCRU—, 1 scruple, 288 to 1 lb.
SELIBRA for SEMILIBRA, half a pound
Theban ounce, cf. ℞ [3]
Weighing fluids, ℞ [471]
Welsh rabbit, see [ZANZERELLA]