[2851] See B. iii. c. 9.
[2852] See B. iii. c. 17.
[2853] Sumen. Properly, “udder.” A cow’s udder was considered one of the choicest of delicacies by the Romans.
[2854] This is, of course, an exaggeration. The stake must have been driven in very deep to disappear so speedily.
[2855] De Re Rust. 5.
[2856] This he says in reference to his belief, with Epicurus, in the eternity of matter.
[2857] De Re Rust. 1.