32 donis honestis = gifts of honour—i.e. the corona muralis, the mural crown, such as is worn by the goddess Cybele.
33 nummum (= nummorum) = in hard cash.
39 catus = shrewd, witty, a Sabine word, = acutus.
39-40 Ibit . . . quo vis, the original of Juvenal’s ad caelum, iusseris, ibit.
40 zonam = purse. The zona here was a broad belt made double or hollow to carry money in.
[B.] The Wealth of Lucullus.
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Chlamydes Lucullus, ut aiunt,
Si posset centum scaenae praebere rogatus,
‘Qui possum tot?’ ait; ‘tamen et quaeram, et quot habebo